The Alliance to Stop Foodborne Illness has announced new industry members: Amazon, Amerisan, The Meat Institute, Mérieux NutriSciences, and Yum! Brands. The Alliance is a collaborative effort to advance organizational food safety culture, thereby preventing foodborne illness and protect consumers.

"The Alliance represents an innovative approach to advancing food safety culture," explained Vanessa Coffman, Ph.D., Alliance Program Director. "These new members bring highly diverse perspectives that will strengthen our collective impact. When industry leaders across the entire food supply chain work together, we can create lasting change that protects consumers from the serious impacts of foodborne illness."

Since its launch in 2018, the Alliance to Stop Foodborne Illness has grown from ten founding companies to 25 industry partners. The Alliance's unique model brings together industry leaders, consumers, academics, and regulatory stakeholders who recognize that food safety is a shared responsibility.

The Alliance operates through active working groups that develop practical tools and resources, including a 40-part educational video series for diverse food safety audiences, modernization of consumer-centric recall communications, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) co-sponsored webinar series, and the award-winning Food Safety Culture Toolkit, which has been accessed by thousands of users serving more than 600 small enterprises and multinational companies across 97 countries.

In addition to the new members, legacy Alliance companies include the American Frozen Food Institute, Cargill, Conagra Brands, Consumer Brands Association, Costco Wholesale, Empirical Foods, The Hershey Company, International Dairy Foods Association, JBS, Kellanova, WK Kellogg Co., Maple Leaf Foods, Mars, the National Restaurant Association, Nestlé, PepsiCo, Treehouse Foods, Walmart, Wawa, and Wegmans.

The Alliance to Stop Foodborne Illness is a program of STOP Foodborne Illness, a nonprofit organization that works to prevent illness and death from foodborne pathogens by amplifying advocate voices, supporting public policies that strengthen prevention, and fostering industry practices that protect consumers.

"The Alliance continues expanding its reach and resources by engaging thought leaders across the food system," added Dr. Coffman. "I'm looking forward to what this powerhouse group will accomplish in 2026 and beyond. Bending the curve of foodborne illness is our ultimate goal, and with ever-strengthening food safety cultures across the industry, we have the best chance of doing that."