“Leadership starts at the top!” S.T.O.P. released letters challenging each presidential candidate to define what specific actions they’ll take to stop deadly foodborne disease from continuing to rob millions of Americans annually of their health. “We believe this is an issue that the presidential candidates absolutely should have on the front burner,” said S.T.O.P. Read the press conference speeches of S.T.O.P.'s Karen Taylor Mitchell, Barbara Kowalcyk, and Patricia Buck. Read S.T.O.P.'s letter to Presidential candidates George Bush and John Kerry.

S.T.O.P. thanks the Kowalcyk, Buck, Beverly and Moynihan families, Cogent Communications, Elaine Dodge, Pritzker, Ruohonen and Associates, and Funding Exchange for their help in producing the event.

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