Food Poisoning Is Serious Business – People Become Disabled and Even Die
My life changed overnight in 1992 when my then-6-year-old daughter’s best friend Lauren was the first child to die from eating a hamburger contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 in the Jack in the Box...
View ArticleProgress Towards FDA Food Safety Reform—Not A Moment Too Soon
For the first time since my daughter's best friend died from E.coli O157:H7, I am finally starting to feel that we are making progress towards comprehensive FDA food safety reform. Last week the U.S....
View ArticleProduce Safety Project and S.T.O.P. Release Report on State Surveillance of...
There is a large burden of foodborne illness in the United States with approximately 76 million people falling ill every year (that’s 1in 4 Americans) from largely preventable food contamination....
View ArticleSydney and Cole: Victims of Foodborne Illness
Working with victims of foodborne disease at S.T.O.P, I’ve heard many stories about people that just break my heart. But, the ones that hit me hardest are those involving children. The story of two...
View ArticleThe Only Good Oyster is a Safe Oyster
It never ceases to amaze me how business interests have more sway with Congress than good, protective food safety measures. Two weeks ago, the FDA finally did the right thing and told the shellfish...
View ArticleWeekly Round Up
There is a wealth of news and articles about food safety that contain a lot of interesting and useful information. Here are some links I’ve come across this week that I think are valuable reads.
View ArticleS.T.O.P.--Supporting Victims Suffering From Long-term Consequences of...
Recent reports have highlighted what S.T.O.P. has known for a long time: that the long-term consequences of foodborne illness are under-reported, under-diagnosed and not given nearly enough public...
View ArticleWeekly Round Up
We’ve been very busy over at S.T.O.P. due to the Food Safety Modernization Act that just passed through the Senate HELP Committee this week. A lot of the stories and information for this week’s...
View ArticleCelebrating Our 16th Anniversary of Protecting America’s Food Supply
Safe Tables Our Priority is celebrating our 16th anniversary this holiday season. We have accomplished so much in the past year, and we’re even more excited about what we plan to accomplish in the...
View ArticleLinda: A Victim of Foodborne Illness
We have been very busy these past few weeks at S.T.O.P.--traveling, fundraising, educating and advocating--all in order to help protect our nation’s food supply. In spite of all this activity, I never...
View ArticleWeekly Round Up
I hope you all had a good week. We’ve been hustling and bustling over here at S.T.O.P. but we still wanted to give you a heads up on the interesting stories regarding food safety this week. Here are...
View ArticleHoliday Food Safety: STOP Tele-seminar on How to Eat Safely and Stay Healthy...
With H1N1 casting a shadow on all our social interactions, food safety is particularly important this holiday season. Not only do we need to think about how long that egg nog has been sitting on the...
View ArticleWeekly Round Up
Here is the round up for this week. A lot of interesting articles and concern for food safety, which is good. Remember, to receive articles and food safety information and recalls sign up for our...
View ArticleWeekly Round Up
It’s a New Year with New Updates in the world of food safety! Here is a sampling of what to look out for and what to know as 2010 begins. Remember, you can receive this information and more by...
View ArticleOne year later and still waiting for a solution...
This week is the one year anniversary of the PCA outbreak when Salmonella- contaminated peanut products caused a major, multi-state foodborne-illness outbreak -- an outbreak that occurred as a result...
View ArticleHelp Us Pick A Topic For Our Next TeleSeminar!
I hope you all have had a great week. At S.T.O.P.- Safe Tables Our Priority, we sponsor call-in Teleseminars with food safety experts on interesting topics several times throughout the year. We’re...
View ArticleFinally -- More Direction at the USDA
S.T.O.P.—Safe Tables Our Priority extends our congratulations to Dr. Elisabeth Hagen on her nomination for the position of Undersecretary for Food Safety.
View ArticlePlenty of talk, not enough action
There has been a lot of food safety news and food safety talk recently, but very little meaningful action has taken place to protect consumers. Awareness of food safety is important and we appreciate...
View ArticleAre There Hidden E. coli Bacteria in Your Valentine’s Day Dinner?
Imagine the perfect Valentine’s Day dinner...you and your sweetheart surrounded by hearts, flowers, music and romance at the fanciest restaurant in the city. You’re eating a decadent beef dinner,...
View ArticleIt’s time to reconsider the broad use of antibiotics in farm animals
Antibiotics are currently used widely and irresponsibly in raising farm animals. These antibiotics are meant for treating humans and this use in animals entering the food chain breeds antibiotic...
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