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STOP Foodborne Illness Seeks Victims of Antibiotic Resistance
STOP Foodborne Illness, a Chicago-based nonprofit public health organization, is looking for victims of foodborne illness whose treatments had to be extended because of antibiotic resistance. “Doctors...
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The Best of Food Safety: Consumer Organizations
This week, Food Safety News is acknowledging leaders who help keep our food supply safe. Today we celebrate consumer organizations. In the days ahead we’ll celebrate leaders in non-government...
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Consumer and Public Health Groups: FDA Should Not Delay FSMA Implementation
(The FDA’s important food safety work, like the rest of the agency’s mission and much of the federal government, is currently on hold due to the government shutdown. But once the agency gets back to...
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CDC scientist, victim’s mother named to Stop Foodborne Illness board
A mother of a food poisoning victim and the chief of the CDC’s Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch have joined the board of Stop Foodborne Illness, a nonprofit public health organization that assists...
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Spring cleaning? Be sure to give your kitchen a food safe makeover, too!
Adopt food safety practices to avoid foodborne illness Spring time is cleaning time! So, while you’re using that pent-up elbow grease to get rid of wintertime dust and debris, make sure your kitchen is...
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STOP3000: Raising awareness of foodborne illness with every step
Food Safety Education Month During this year’s national Food Safety Education Month, STOP Foodborne Illness is asking their constituents and the public at large to increase awareness about foodborne...
View ArticleThe crystal ball for 2022 shows several food safety topics still in the...
The pandemic will no doubt net more headlines in 2022 than any other topic, but that doesn’t mean discussions and news coverage about food safety will fade away. Along with recalls, outbreaks, and...
View ArticlePublisher’s Platform: Get Cronobacter sakazakii on the Nationally Notifiable...
– OPiNION – In 2022 alone, two infants have died and five more are extremely ill due to a deadly bacteria called Cronobacter sakazakii. It is in contaminated baby formula that was sold in grocery...
View ArticleFDA and STOP Foodborne Illness to host third food safety culture webinar May 18
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and STOP Foodborne Illness have announced the third webinar in the “Collaborating on Culture in the New Era of Smarter Food Safety” series that explores food...
View ArticleFDA, USDA and STOP promote new and old told tools on World Food Safety Day
Today, June 7, is World Food Safety Day. This year’s theme is “Safer Food, Better Health.” The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations facilitate...
View ArticlePublic action groups call for separate food arm at FDA to streamline food safety
Consumer groups continue to call for faster and more efficient work from FDA on a variety of topics including heavy metals in baby food and the recent outbreak of cronobacter from infant formula. The...
View ArticleFood safety groups pitch congressional leaders on the inside game
Eleven organizations that work closely with the Food and Drug Administration are asking bipartisan congressional leaders to work with them on “several pressing food safety issues this year.” The eleven...
View ArticleStop Foodborne Illness challenges public to take 3,000 steps for food safety
— OPINION — By Mitzi D. Baum, M.Sc., CEO for Stop Foodborne Illness Stop Foodborne Illness (STOP) was born in 1994, the same year in which September was dedicated as National Food Safety Education...
View ArticleFood Safety Summit agenda is compelling, with many new voices and perspectives
–– OPINION — By Mitzi Baum, M.Sc., CEO, Stop Foodborne Illness (STOP) Time and money are two finite commodities. Both are considered precious and in the world of non-profit organizations there are two...
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