Foodborne Illness - Causes, Symptoms and Prevention

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AND ENGAGE PEOPLE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY FOODBORNE ILLNESS

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THEM TO HELP PREVENT ILLNESS AND DEATH

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DRIVING CHANGE

THROUGH ADVOCACY, COLLABORATION AND INNOVATION

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BUILD THE FUTURE

Consumer advocates committed to telling personal stories about the impact of foodborne illness on their lives to make food as safe as possible for everyone.

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What am I supporting when I donate to Stop Foodborne Illness?

Since 1994, we have focused our efforts on telling the WHY of food safety by sharing the stories of our constituent-advocates. Their dedication to presenting a truthful representation of the illness and outcomes associated with eating foods contaminated by pathogens is at the heart of STOP’s work.

Investing in the work of Stop Foodborne Illness

How do you know when foods are contaminated?

Get Food Recall Alerts Sent to Your Inbox

Consuming contaminated food can lead to serious illness and, sometimes, death. Food poisoning (or foodborne illness) may also cause long-term consequences which greatly impact one’s quality of life.

Food Recall Alerts

Did you know this award-winning toolkit is designed to strengthen food safety culture?

This set of tools is free and available to anyone who wants access.

Contributing time, insight and resources, Alliance partners across the food industry create tools which are:
● Informed by the most current science
● Based on years of personal experience
● Tailored to be most useful for small- and medium-sized companies

Food Safety Culture Toolkit

I have nausea and bloody diarrhea. Should I go to the ER?

Yes.

Here are 10 things to do if you think you have food poisoning ...

Do I have food poisoning?

Stop Foodborne Illness is a national nonprofit, public health organization dedicated to the prevention of illness and death from foodborne pathogens.

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Our history is filled with examples of individuals and families who have come together and, as a good friend says, “transformed isolated losses into something bigger than individual tragedy.” We know that you consider the mission of Stop Foodborne Illness worthwhile and that, together with us, you’ll advance the cause of food safety.