Safe Food Coalition Opposes Meat Inspection Deregulation Amendments to Farm Bill
Safe Food Coalition Opposes Meat Inspection Deregulation Amendments to Farm Bill Members of the Safe Food Coalition sent the following letter to congressional leaders urging them to oppose legislation that would lift prohibitions on the interstate sale of meat and poultry from state inspected facilities and allow commercial sales from uninspected “custom” slaughter facilities. In […]
FDA Names First Deputy Commissioner for Proposed, Unified Human Foods Program
Stop Foodborne Illness Statement on FDA’s Appointee to Lead Human Foods Program August 23, 2023 | From the FDA press release: Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is announcing the selection of James “Jim” Jones to serve as the first Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods. The new executive position will lead the charge in […]
CSTE Voted YES to Cronobacter sakazakii
CSTE Vote YES to Adding Cronobacter sakazakii to Nationally Reportable Diseases List June 29, 2023: Stop Foodborne Illness (STOP) is confident that the vote today by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) to include Cronobacter sakazakii on the nationally notifiable diseases list will have meaningful impact on infant mortality. Thank you to the CSTE for […]
Encouraging News from the Reagan-Udall Foundation’s FDA Report
Encouraging News from the Reagan Udall Foundation Report On the Human Foods Program of the FDA Stop Foodborne Illness, the Voice for Safe Food, is encouraged by today’s release of the Reagan-Udall Foundation’s report on the foods program of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The lengthy document discusses in detail the potential to modernize and […]
Stop Foodborne Illness Reacts to USDA Announcement Regarding New Salmonella Framework
Stop Foodborne Illness Reacts to USDA Announcement Regarding New Salmonella Framework Friday, October 14, 2022 – Today , the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) released the agency’s latest framework that will aim to reduce Salmonella contamination in poultry. Salmonella remains a leading cause of poultry-related foodborne illnesses in the U.S., with an estimated […]
Overhauling the Structure and Governance of FDA’s Food Program
Overhauling the Structure and Governance of FDA’s Food Program A Submission to the Reagan-Udall Independent Expert Panel Dr. David Acheson | Steven Mandernach | Dr. Stephen Ostroff | Michael Taylor | Roberta Wagner October 11, 2022 Introduction In April 2022, a coalition of major FDA stakeholders – representing consumers, the food industry, and state food […]
Calling on the FDA and CDC for Cronobacter sakazakii to be added to the Nationally Notifiable Disease List
Sign our cronobacter petition on change.org FDA and CDC: Add Cronobacter sakazakii to the Nationally Notifiable Disease List
Insight from 2021-22 Theno Fellow, Nidhi Joshi
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email Checking in with our Dave Theno Food Safety Fellow Nidhi Joshi “Moving across the country to (work with STOP) … was one of the best decisions I have made.” Nidhi works in the lab at Texas Tech University Moving across the country to Chicago […]
US Department of Agriculture Adopts Guidelines from Stop Foodborne Illness Coalition for New Poultry Safety Program
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on whatsapp USDA Adopts Guidelines from Stop Foodborne Illness Coalition for New Poultry Safety Program CHICAGO, October 19, 2021 – Earlier today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced new efforts to reduce Salmonella-related illnesses associated with poultry. The agency […]
Shrinidhi Joshi Joins STOP as our 2021-2022 Dave Theno Food Safety Fellow
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on whatsapp Shrinidhi Joshi Joins STOP as our 2021-2022 Dave Theno Food Safety Fellow CHICAGO, July 20, 2021 – The national nonprofit public health organization Stop Foodborne Illness announced today that Shrinidhi “Nidhi” Joshi has been named its 2021-2022 Dave Theno Food Safety Fellow. Joshi […]
STOP Foodborne Illness Delivers Plan to FDA to Improve and Modernize Consumer Food Recalls
PRESS RELEASE: Stop Foodborne Illness Delivers Plan to FDA to Improve and Modernize Consumer Food Recalls Without question, reaching people about potential food safety issues quickly and effectively is critical to public health. Dr. Ben Chapman, North Carolina State University Tweet Stop Foodborne Illness announced today that the organization has finalized recommendations to the FDA […]
Collaborative Plan to Achieve Customer-Focused Recall Modernization
Collaborative Plan to Achieve Consumer-Focused Recall Modernization Background On August 20, 2020, the Alliance to Stop Foodborne Illness convened a group of food safety experts (working group) to outline how food recall processes in the United States can be improved. This working group recognized that there is a need for fundamental change in food recall […]
