S.T.O.P. is dedicated to advocacy of foodborne illness prevention. This is done by cooperating with the public, media, government, and scientific community to address food safety problems and work to correct them. S.T.O.P. is committed to raising awareness of food safety issues through it's policy postions, public comments, speeches, and testimony.

Contaminated Meat

• COMMENTS ON USDA REPORT ON ANIMAL DISEASE RISK ASSESMENT
• COMMENTS ON ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - DON KNOWLES
• COMMENTS ON MAD COW DISEASE, 12/2004
• BEEF PRODUCT ADULTERATION COMMENTS March 22, 2025
• FSIS MEETING HEAVILY WEIGHTED TOWARD MEAT INDUSTRY December 9, 2002
• GROUND BEEF PROCESSORS GUIDE COMMENTS
• HAZARDS OF DOWNED CATTLE
• IRRADIATION IN MEAT AND POULTRY COMMENTS April 26, 2025
• Public Health Implications and Consumer Recommendations
• SLAUGHTER PLANT INSPECTION COMMENTS
• Protecting the Public against E.coli
• S.T.O.P.'S Position on Recalls: Perspectives, Concernes, and Improvements Panel

Contaminated Juice

• COMMENTS ON NACMCF'S RAW ORANGE JUICE MEETINGS January 24, 2025
• Data Refuting 5-Logs As Sufficient Kill in Juice
• JUICE LABELING COMMENTS
• JUICE LABELING COMMENTS May 26, 2025
• JUICE OPEN LETTER CAMPAIGN
• JUICE SAFETY COMMENTS January 19, 2025
• LETTER REGARDING JUICE SAFTEY 1997 February 3, 2025
• LETTER REGARDING UNPASTEURIZED JAMBA JUICE September 3, 2025
• NOTICE OF INTENT COMMENTS September 11, 2025
• NO UNPASTEURIZED JUICE SMOOTHIES IN SCHOOLS May 30, 2025
• REQUEST FOR SIGNAGE RE: UNPASTEURIZED JUICE IN SARATOGA June 29, 1999
• REVISIONS TO WAC 246-215 (PUBLIC HEALTH LABELING)
• SAFE JUICE PROCESSING PROCEDURES August 7, 2025
• Testimony Regarding Juice HACCP Issues

Sprouts

• MICROBIAL SAFETY EVALUATION OF SPROUTED SEEDS March 25, 2025
• Remarks on Sprout Safety
• State Health Department Issues Interim Advisory on Raw Alfalfa Sprouts August 31, 1998
• What Consumers Want from Sprouts Going Forward

Produce

• Produce Safety From Production to Consumption

Public Health and Safety

• California's Food Safety Needs
• CFSAN PRIORITIES - 1998
• CFSAN PRIORITIES - 1999
• COMMENTS ON RECALL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
• Kids and Cafeterias: How Safe are Federal School Lunches?
• Food Safety and the Consumer Perspective
• FOOD SAFETY STRATEGY (part 1) January 7, 2026
• FOOD SAFETY STRATEGY (part 2) February 8, 2025
• "Globalization I: How Should the FDA Ensure the Safety of Imported Foods?" Panel
• Improving Stakeholder Collaboration in Food Safety
• Proposed Ammendments to Michigan Food Laws
• Protecting the Public against E.coli
• PROVIDE RESTAURANT INSPECTION INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC September 15, 2000
• Public Meeting on Bare-hand Contact of Ready-to-Eat Foods
• Regulatory Reform Testimony
• Review of the Use of Scientific Criteria and Performance Standards for Safe Food
• S.T.O.P.'s Position on Restaurant Grading
• Texas Environmental Health Keynote Address
• The Victim Experience with California Food Safety

Other

• Ann Koesterer's Speech to the Congressional Food Safety Caucus
• Barbara Kowalcyk's DC Press Conference Speech September 2004
• Barbara Kowalcyk's Speech to the Congressional Food Safety Caucus
• Laurie Girand's GMP Speech: August 5, 2025
• Letter to George W. Bush: September 2004
• Letter to President Bush
• CALIFORNIA RECLAIMED WASTEWATER COMMENTS
• COMMENTS BY LAURA DAY AT MARCH 2002 S.T.O.P. RALLY
• COMMENTS ON FDA'S MICROBIAL SAFETY HAZARDS FOR PRODUCE GUIDE June 26, 1998
• CONFERENCE ON FOOD SAFETY EDUCATION
• FOOD TRAVELS FROM FARM TO FORK
• Invitation to Congressional Food Safety Caucus - Sept 22, 2025
• Karen Taylor Mitchell's DC Press Conference Speech, Sept 2004
• Letter to Presidential Candidate John Kerry, September 2004
• Laura Day's Testimony Before Congress
• LETTER TO THE EDITOR, ORGANIC STYLE MAGAZINE
• LETTER TO REPRESENTATIVE DINGELL RE: FOOD SAFETY ACT OF 1999
• LETTER TO S.T.O.P. MEMBERS AND FRIENDS RE: E. COLI 0157:H7
• NATIONAL ORGANIC COMMENTS
• Patricia Buck's DC Press Conference Speech, Sept 2004
• Patricia Buck's Statement Concerning the Differences between Kevin’s Law and HACCP’s Final Rule
• POSITION ON FDA'S PREVENTION EFFORTS TOWARD BSE TO DATE
• Sarah Moynihan's Speech to the Congressional Food Safety Caucus
• Shame on the USDA - Summer 2003
• Speech to California Women of Agriculture
• Brayton NAS presentation- My Nicky Speech
• Testimony of Diana Nole
• Testimony of the Mother of a Victim of Hepatitis A Transmitted by School Lunch
• Testimony of Rainer Mueller
• Testimony of Robert Metz
• Testimony of Roni Rudolph
• Testimony of Sonya Fendorf
• Testimony of Stephanie's Mom
• VIBRIO VULNIFICUS PERFORMANCE STANDARD COMMENTS