Deirdre Schlunegger, Chief Executive Officer of Stop Food-borne Illness, explains how food-borne illness can be more than a simple “tummy ache.”

Did you know that food-borne illness can result in much more than a simple “tummy ache” – leading to chronic illness and even death? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her discussion with Deirdre Schlunegger, Chief Executive Officer of Stop Food-borne Illness, a national nonprofit public health organization dedicated to the prevention of illness and death from food-borne pathogens. Schlunegger explains how Stop Food-borne Illness helps promote sound food safety policy, best practices, public awareness, and provides assistance to those impacted by food-borne illness.Related website:  http://www.stopfoodborneillness.org/