BellTower Technologies LLC announced the launch of FoodAlert.org, the nation’s first free high-speed telephone food safety alert notification service for American consumers and their families. The Dallas, Texas-based leader in high-speed food safety and emergency notification technology for the food industry has taken the unprecedented step of offering American families free access to its proprietary high-speed telephone notification technology.
“Consumers typically hear about major food safety alerts through the news media, sometimes days or weeks after they are announced. We think that’s too slow. FoodAlert.org can notify subscribers by telephone within HOURS – not days. Our subscribers will be some of the first to know so any dangerous food can be removed quickly before it is served to their families,” said Tim Klein, a founding partner of BellTower Technologies LLC.
FoodAlert.org’s web site offers consumers free, secure registration of one domestic telephone number of the consumer’s choice to receive a recorded message for select food safety alerts within hours of their communication by US government regulatory agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), among others. For consumers without web access or who prefer registration offline, FoodAlert.org has also established toll-free telephone registration at 1 (888) FOODALERT providing the same free FoodAlert.org registration by telephone.
The CDC states that an estimated 76 million cases of foodborne illness occur in the United States each year. Of those, the more serious cases result in an estimated 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths each year related to foodborne illnesses. Foodborne illnesses are largely preventable, but the total solution is complex. FoodAlert.org seeks to fulfill a critical component of the solution – greater consumer awareness.
For more information, contact BellTower Technologies at (888) 400-4786 or online at www.instantrecall.com or www.belltowertech.com.