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STOP Foodborne Illness

STOP Foodborne Illness

American public health organization


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.[citation needed]

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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.[1]


References

  1. "Name Change for Food Safety Advocacy Group STOP". Food Safety News. April 21, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2012.

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