STOP Foodborne Illness explained

Stop Foodborne Illness
Type:501(c)(3)
Founded Date:1993
Area Served:US and Canada
Focus:Humanitarian
Method:Assistance and advocacy
Num Employees:6
Homepage:https://stopfoodborneillness.org/

Stop Foodborne Illness, or STOP (formerly known as Safe Tables Our Priority), is a non-profit public health organization in the United States dedicated to the prevention of illness and death from foodborne pathogens.[1] It was founded following the West Coast E. coli O157:H7 outbreak of 1993 in California and the Pacific Northwest. STOP's headquarters are in Chicago, Illinois.__TOC__

History

STOP formed as a grassroots organization out of the collective grief and anger of parents of victims of a major 1993 E. coli O157:H7 outbreak associated with Jack in the Box hamburgers. The outbreak, which resulted in the death of four children and more than 700 people falling ill, garnered nationwide media attention.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Name Change for Food Safety Advocacy Group STOP . . 21 April 2011 . 15 March 2012 .