September is National Food Safety Month!
Join us for a Collective Day of Action on September 18, bringing awareness to safe food practices that help to reduce the risk of food poisoning. Take the pledge to join collective efforts in sharing food safety information.
This year’s theme, “Everyone’s Table,” is built around the idea that every person eats, and food safety should be a part of that shared experience no matter where a meal takes place. Whether someone is eating in a school cafeteria, a break room, at a dining room table, in a car, or some other setting, they deserve the same safe experience. Rather than treating each setting or audience as separate, this year’s theme invites you to recognize what we all have in common, no matter the setting.
Together in 2025, we reached over 3 million people in one day!
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
an estimated 1 in 6 people in the United States (or 48 million people) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die from eating contaminated food a year.
Getting sick from food poisoning can be very serious. Click here to hear stories from people impacted by food poisoning and why prevention matters.
How to Participate in Collective Day of Action
Anyone can participate! We make it easy with ready-to-go messages, graphics, and activity ideas that you can trust to be evidence-based and positively focused. You can use these internally to boost your food safety culture work or externally to engage your communities and loved ones.
1. Pledge for impact!
Make sure you pledge your participation so we can include your impact in the overall efforts. Capturing total impact is important for demonstrating the need for food safety education.
2. Make a plan. Consider the following:
- How do you want to participate? Here are some ideas for you to consider.
- Who is your audience – internal or external?
- Who do you need involved – marketing, field agents, etc.?
- Do you need additional resources? Check out the food safety store for prizes and giveaways!
4. Copy. Paste. Post.
Use this ready-to-go toolkit filled with messages and graphics that are science-based and reinforce positive health behaviors. All you need to do is copy, paste, and post!
4. Tell a friend.
Invite other organizations or people in your network to participate in this national effort to reduce food poisoning risk.
Thank you to our 2026 Collective Day of Action Pledged Participants
(as of 9.18.26):
- American Canyon High School Culinary Arts
- American Frozen Food Institute
- Arabian Food Supplies Co.
- Asotin County Health District
- Association of Food and Drug Officials
- Bigelow Tea
- Big Y Foods, Inc.
- Busy Being Amazing
- Child Care of the Berkshires
- City of Harrisburg, PA
- Council on Aging Senior Center Bellingham, MA
- Delaware Valley School District, PAFCS Pennsylvania Family and Consumer Sciences
- Dey’s Food Safety
- The Dietetic Wellness Project
- FAWSIT Training LLC
- FMI-The Food Industry Association
- Food Hall by Jani
- Franklin County Health Department
- Frozen Food Foundation
- Galion City Health Department
- Green Grass Foods, Inc. (DBA Nutpods)
- The Hashemite University
- Houston Health Department
- International Food Information Council
- JCCA
- Kadima Rehabilitation and Nursing
- Klosterman Baking Company
- Midland City Senior Center
- Mom’s Meals
- MSU Extension – Cascade County
- Nebraska Extension
- Northeast Texas Public Health District
- Ohio State University Extension
- Peoria City County Health Department
- Plum Safety
- Prairie View A&M University
- Purdue Extension
- Puroast Coffee
- Refrigerated Foods Association
- Specialty Foods LLC
- St John’s Riverside Hospital
- Sysco
- SZR Šanac
- Texas Tech University
- Tsehootsooi Medical Center
- Tyson Foods
- University of Maryland Extension, Baltimore County
- University of Minnesota
- USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service
- West Bloomfield Middle School
- Whitley County High School Culinary Arts Program and Family Career and Community Leaders of America
- Woodford County Health Department
*This is not a comprehensive list. Some organizations opted out of public listing.
- Big Foods, Inc.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases (DFWED)
- Child Care of the Berkshires
- Columbus Public Health
- Cuyahoga County Board of Health
- Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, Inc. (FCCLA)
- FMI – The Food Industry Association
- Food Safety Magazine
- HACCP Consulting Group
- Henry County Extension
- Henry & Strak County Health Departments
- International Food Information Council (IFIC)
- JBS USA
- K-State Extension-Shawnee County
- Levy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness
- Mahwah Health Department
- NC Cooperative Extension
- Nutpods
- Prairie View A&M University
- Refrigerated Foods Association
- Responsible Training
- Texas Tech University
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
- USDA
- USDA Food Safety & Inspection Service
- Valley Oaks Post Acute
- Waller County Extension Office
*This is not a comprehensive list. Some organizations opted out of public listing.
- Sysco
- Wayne-Sanderson Farms
- University of Maryland Extension
- K-State Research & Extension Pottawatomie County, SNAP-Ed
- Inocuidad Gemela RD
- K-State Research and Extension, SNAP-Ed
- Carver Food Enterprise Center
- Virginia Cooperative Extension
- Whitsons School Nutrition
- Vietnam Soil Science Society
- Baby Food and Fun, LLC
- University of Idaho Extension
- Whitsons Culinary Group
- James Madison University
- Dr. Fatemeh Malekian
- And many more …
*This is not a comprehensive list. Some organizations opted out of public listing.
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