STOP Foodborne Illness
{{Short description|American public health organization}}
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| name = Stop Foodborne Illness
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| type = 501(c)(3)
| founded_date = 1993
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| location = Chicago, Illinois, US
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| area_served = US and Canada
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| focus = Humanitarian
| method = Assistance and advocacy
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| num_employees = 6
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| homepage = https://stopfoodborneillness.org/
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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.{{cite web| title = Name Change for Food Safety Advocacy Group STOP | url= http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/04/name-change-for-food-safety-advocate-stop/ | work= Food Safety News | date= 21 April 2011 | accessdate = 15 March 2012 }} 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.{{cn|date=January 2021}}
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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.
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External links
- [http://foodpoisoningbulletin.com/2013/after-pink-slime-hubbub-cargill-to-label-finely-textured-beef/ Food Poisoning Bulletin | Food Safety and E coli News]
- [https://abcnews.go.com/Health/spices-top-list-possibly-tainted-foods/story?id=20740295 Spices Top List of Possibly Tainted Foods]
Category:Non-profit organizations based in Illinois
Category:Consumer organizations in the United States
Category:Companies based in Chicago
Category:Food safety in the United States