Food Safety Expert: Donna Rosenbaum  Donna Rosebaum Donna
Rosenbaum is the co-founder and executive director of Safe
Tables Our Priority (S.T.O.P.). She became a lifelong food
safety advocate after E. coli disease claimed the life of her
daughter’s best friend as the first victim in the Jack in the
Box outbreak. For nearly 16 years she has personally worked with
thousands of victims of foodborne illness.  Under Rosenbaum’s
direction, S.T.O.P. recently launched a program and database for
anyone who has suffered from long-term consequences after a
foodborne disease including reactive arthritis, Guillain Barré
syndrome, digestive issues, irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn’s
disease, and complications from HUS/TTP or kidney failure.
Rosenbaum can be reached at   D.R.: You cannot improve food
safety in the United States without knowing exactly what is
making people sick. Only 4 to 6 percent of those who fall ill
from foodborne pathogens find out what caused their illness. The
government must ramp up funding on a nati