STOP is a national nonprofit public health organization dedicated to the prevention of illness and death from foodborne pathogens by:
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Past Speeches, Letters and Public Comments
STOP representatives, Nancy Donley and Vanessa Coffman
regularly present at meetings and conferences.
regularly present at meetings and conferences.
Please contact STOP’s Director of Education,
Vanessa Coffman,at VCoffman@STOPfoodborneillness.org or
773-269-6555x2 to request a speaker for an upcoming event.
Vanessa Coffman,at VCoffman@STOPfoodborneillness.org or
773-269-6555x2 to request a speaker for an upcoming event.
2012
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STOP Signs On to the Make Our Food Safe Coalition's letter requesting that the President release proposed rules on produce safety in accordance with FSMA.
January 10, 2012
2011
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STOP Signs On to the Make Our Food Safe Coalitions' letter to urge the House to agree to the Senate’s FY 12 funding for the FDA and FSIS
November 3, 2011
STOP Signs On to letter expressing concerns about the safety the People’s Republic of China (PRC) exported processed poultry products to the United States
October 24, 2011
STOP Signs On to the Make Our Food Safe Coalitions' letter to instate limited “user fees” for federal food safety agencies
October 19, 2011
STOP Signs On to letter toseek clarification about the USDA's position on Antibiotic Resistance
October 18, 2011
STOP Signs On to the Make Our Food Safe Coalition's letter toSupport Funding for the Critical Food Safety Functions of FDA, HHS, FSIS and USDA
October 13, 2011
STOP Signs Petition that Urges the USDA to Declare Antibiotic Resistant Strains of Salmonella Adulterants
August 8, 2011
STOP Signs On to the Make Our Food Safe Coalition and the Safe Food Coalitions' Prior Notice Comments
August 3, 2011
STOP Signs On to the Make Our Food Safe Coalition and the Safe Food Coalitions' Administrative Detention comments
August 3, 2011
STOP Signs On to Comments of The make Our Food Safe Coalition and The Safe Food Coalition About Inspection and Enforcement Provisions of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
July, 6, 2011
STOP Signs On to Comments of The Safe Food Coalition/The Make Our Food Safe Coalition on The House on the Agriculture Appropriations Bill
June 13, 2011
STOP Signs On to Comments of The Safe Food Coalition/The Make Our Food Safe Coalition on the
House Budget Letter
May 27, 2011
STOP, in Coalition with Keep Antibiotics Working (KAW), comments on
the Ferm Solutions, Inc. Food Additive Petition (Animal Use) for Erythromycin Thiocyanate, Docket No. FDA–2011-F-0225.
May 25, 2011
STOP Signs On to Comments of The Safe Food Coalition/The Make Our Food Safe Coalition To
US Food and Drug Administration FDA Food Safety Modernization Act: Preventive Controls for Facilities
May 20, 2011
STOP Signs On to Support DeLauro's (D-CT) Proposal to
Establish a Science-Based Panel to Analyze and Modernize the USDA's food Safety System
May 20, 2011
Poster Presentation, Susan Vaughn Grooters, MPH
Failure to Follow Long-Term Consequences of Foodborne Illness Cases
Food Safety Summit
April 19th-21st, 2011. Washington, District of Columbia
Speaker, Susan Vaughn Grooters, MPH
Reactive Arthritis – A Foodborne Illness Consequence
Missouri Milk, Food & Environmental Health Association
March 31st 2011. Columbia, Missouri
Speaker, Susan Vaughn Grooters, MPH
Unregulated Pathogens: non-O157 E. coli
Southwest Environmental Health Conference
January 26th 2011. Laughlin, Nevada
Speaker, Susan Vaughn Grooters, MPH
The Significance of Food Safety: Statistics and Stories
Southwest Environmental Health Conference
January 26th 2011. Laughlin, Nevada
Speaker, Susan Vaughn Grooters, MPH
The Significance of Food Safety: Statistics, Stories & why we should care
Adult Education Hour, Winnetka Presbyterian Church
January 16th, 2011. Winnetka, Illinois
2010
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Public Comments, Susan Vaughn Grooters, MPH
Measuring Progress on Food Safety… How to achieve prevention of foodborne illnesses?
Measuring Progress on Food Safety: Current Status and Future Directions
FDA, FSIS, and CDC joint meeting
October 20th, 2010. Portland, Oregon
Speaker, Susan Vaughn Grooters, MPH
The Significance of Food Safety: Statistics and Stories
Missouri Environmental Health Association
October 6th 2010. Lake Ozark, Missouri
Public Comments, Susan Vaughn Grooters, MPH & Donna Rosenbaum
What doesn’t get measured… doesn’t get done.
Measuring Progress on Food Safety: Current Status and Future Directions
FDA, FSIS, and CDC joint meeting
July 21st, 2010. Chicago, Illinois
Panelist, Susan Vaughn Grooters, MPH
Plenary II, Part 2 – Causes and Casualties: Gathering, Analyzing and Learning from the Data
Food Safety Education Conference
USDA and NSF Hosted Conference
March 24th 2010. Atlanta, Georgia
Speaker, Susan Vaughn Grooters, MPH
Breakout Session – Appropriate Public Health Response to Foodborne Illness: Discrepancies Among States Surveillance of Foodborne Illness and Implications for Attribution
Food Safety Education Conference
USDA and NSF Hosted Conference
March 25th 2010. Atlanta, Georgia
Speaker, Susan Vaughn Grooters, MPH
Breakout Session – Foodborne Illness Data: How to Talk in Plain Language: Opportunities and Challenges in Presenting Human Illness Data and Estimates to the Public
Food Safety Education Conference
USDA and NSF Hosted Conference
March 26th 2010. Atlanta, Georgia
Poster Presentation, Susan Vaughn Grooters, MPH
Failure to Follow Long-Term Consequences of Foodborne Illness Cases
Food Safety Education Conference
USDA and NSF Hosted Conference
March 23rd – 26th 2010. Atlanta, Georgia
2009
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Speaker, Susan Vaughn Grooters, MPH
The Impact of Foodborne Illness on Victims and Business
59th Annual Fall Educational Conference
Indiana Environmental Health Association
September 27th - 30th, 2009. Merrillville, Indiana
Speaker, Susan Vaughn Grooters, MPH
The Importance of Food Safety: The Consumers’ Perspective
1st Annual Food Safety Session
Department of Health, City of St. Louis
September 18, 2009. St. Louis, Missouri
Speaker, Susan Vaughn Grooters, MPH
The Importance of Food Safety: The Consumers’ Perspective
Governor’s Summit on Food Safety
State of Missouri
July 21st – 22nd, 2009. Jefferson City, Missouri
Archived Presentations and Public Comments
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| 05-30-08 | Shiga-Toxin Producing E. coli |
| 06-08-06 | List of Retail Cosignees During Recall |
| 10-11-05 | Small Plants Requirement of HAACP |
| 10-27-06 | Risk Based Inspection System |
| 05-30-06 | Salmonella Verification Sample Result Reporting |
| 12-17-08 | N-60 Comments |
| 10-09-01 | Comments on USDA Report on Animal Disease Risk Assessment |
| 01-24-00 | Comments on NAMCF Raw Orange Juice Meetings |
| 11-08-99 | California Reclaimed Wastewater Comments |
| 09-30-99 | CFSAN Priorities |
| 09-28-99 | Slaughter Plant Inspection Comments |
| 04-26-99 | Irradiation in Meat and Poultry Comments |
| 04-14-99 | Vibrio Vulnificus Performance Standard Comments |
| 03-22-99 | Beef Product Adulteration Comments |
| 02-08-99 | Food Safety Strategy Part II |
| 01-19-99 | Juice Safety Comments |
| 10-16-98 | Comments on Recall Policies and Procedures |
| 08-07-98 | Safe Juice Processing Procedures |
| 07-27-98 | CFSAN Priorities |
| 06-26-98 | Comments on FDA's Microbial Safety Hazards for Produce Guide |
| 05-26-98 | Juice Labeling Comments |
| 05-19-98 | Ground Beef Processors Guide Comments |
| 04-30-98 | National Organic Comments |
| Hazards of Downed Cattle | |
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| 2008 Summer | Long-term Consequences of Foodborne Disease, New CDC Statistics, Comments to USDA, Carbon Monoxide Update, FDA and Produce Issues, BBQ Tips, Timely E-alerts Making a Difference |
| 2007 Spring | Recalls in 2007, USDA's Plan to Implement a Risk-based Inspection System |
| 2006 Winter | H.R. 4167 – National Uniformity of Food Act, 2006 Teleseminar (Summit) Schedule, The Race for Food Safety Solutions |
| 2006 Summer | Politics and Food Safety, Carbon Monoxide in Meat, Food Safety Awareness and Education |
| 2005 Summer | Tracking Foodborne Illness, Decline in E. coli Infections (2004), BBQ Safety Tips, Introduction of the Safe Food Act of 2005 |
| 2005 Spring | Has the Media Abandoned Foodborne Illness Victims?, Deadly New Illness Traced to Tainted Beef, Salmonella typhoid in a Small Town, Why So Many Foodborne Disease Investigations Fail |
| 2005 Fall | “Food-Safe School” Movement in Rhode-Island, A Taste of Food Poisoning: Salmonellosis, S.T.O.P.’s Chicago Event |
| 2004 Spring | Food Safety Politics, Mad Cow Policy, USDA’s Misleading Use of Statistics |
| 2004 Fall | Who Pays for Foodborne Disease?, Fast Facts About Foodborne Disease, S.T.O.P. Makes History in Congress, Reducing Harm Starts on the Farm |
| 2003 Spring | Ten Years of E. coli O157:H7, New Congressional Food Safety Caucus, Perspective on Food Bioterrorism |
| 2003 Fall | CDC Statistics: Children Suffer Most Often, Looking Back at the Birth of S.T.O.P., S.T.O.P. Victim’s and Advocates Conference Empowers and Educates, Dealing with the Aftermath of Foodborne Disease |
| 2002 Summer | Drop in Foodborne Illness is Overstated, Pregnancy and Foodborne Illness, S.T.O.P. Holds Protest Rally in Washington, D.C. |
| 2002 Spring | State of Food Safety, Reducing Your Risk of Foodborne Disease, 12 Things To Do to Make Food Safer |
| 2002 Fall | A Letter to the President, The Deadly Emergence of Antibiotic-Resistant Bugs, When the Problem is Produce, S.T.O.P. Speaks at Food Safety Educators’ Conference |
| 2001 Summer | Foodborne Illness in Juice, Reducing Listeria Posioning, Political Climate and S.T.O.P., Mad Cow Spotlights |
| 2001 Fall | Food Safety After September 11th, A Single Focus Means Safer Food, Holiday Season Tips, The Bioterrorism Bias |
| 2000 Winter | What Every Parent Needs to Know, Conference on Long-term Health Consequences of HUS, National Conference on Animal Production and Food Safety, What is Hepatitis A?, Food Safety in Canada |
| 2000 Summer | S.T.O.P. Hosts Landmark Medical Conference, S.T.O.P. Wins Grant to Produce Brochure Targeted at Parents of Toddlers, Canadian E. coli Outbreak, Antibiotics and Diarrheal Illness, What is E. coli O157:H7? |
| 1999 Spring | Making America’s Food Safer, S.T.O.P. Wins Victory For Safer Juice, Food Safety Tips, S.T.O.P.’s 10 Accomplishments of 1998, What is Listeria?, S.T.O.P. Visits the CDC |
| 1999 Fall | E. coli Outbreaks Underscore Need for Crackdown by Federal Agencies, Manure and It’s Deadly Implications, Cold Storage Food Safety Tips, What is Salmonella?, S.T.O.P. Comments Result in FDA’s Re-evaluation of Proposed Juice Safety Regulations |
| 1996 Spring | 1995 Annual Report, The Maury Povich Show Features S.T.O.P., Safe Food Shopping Tips, President's Message, Safer Meat and Poultry |
| 1995 Spring | S.T.O.P. Invited to White House, E. coli Diagnosis, Product Recall Information, Reporting Status of States, The 103rd Congress Review on Food Issues |
