One mother of a foodborne illness victim writes, “…There is no way make the media, government, or a hardened industry fully understand what a child feels as he is being shredded by such a microbe. It really is too horrible a thing for most people to imagine, and for our family, it became too horrible to say anymore. That's why I so admire the stamina and the undiminished anger of STOP. Nothing will change until the public hears from victims what these pathogens can do.”

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