- CFI's Executive Director, Patricia Buck was selected to serve on USDA's National Advisory Committee for Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI). Previous to this appointment, another CFI member, Michael Kowalcyk, served on NACMPI from 2002-2008. Click here to read the USDA news release.
- CFI presented at the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences 101st Annual Conference in Cleveland on June 24th. Click here to view the presentation.
- CFI praises the June 8th, 2010 release of the new Institute of Medicine and the National Research report, Enhancing Food Safety: The Role of the Food and Drug Administration, by the Committee on Review of Food and Drug Administration’s Role in Ensuring Safe Food. CFI's Director of Food Safety, Barbara Kowalcyk served on the Committee and co-authored the report. For more information, visit www.national-academies.org. Click here for CFI's press release.
- Patricia Buck, CFI's Executive Director, posted a blog on MomsRising.org on June 4th, calling for the Senate to act on S. 510.
- Food, Inc aired on PBS on April 21, 2010 at 9 pm. For more information, visit the PBS info site.
Our Current Work
Founded in 2006 to help America find innovative, science-based solutions for the food challenges of the 21st Century, the Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention (CFI) is a national, non-profit, health organization dedicated to preventing foodborne illness through research, education, advocacy and service.
