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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| 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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