Bringing together nutrition, public health and food safety professionals to prevent food-related illnesses at the “fork” end in the chain of prevention.
The Partnership for Food Safety Education will host the Consumer Food Safety Education Conference (CFSEC) on March 13-14, 2025 at the Sysco Headquarters in Houston, Texas.
CFSEC is the only conference in the U.S. dedicated to consumer food safety education, convening research experts, nutrition professionals, and community-based health and food safety educators across the country who educate consumers on how to handle food safely at home.
The 2025 CFSEC will equip health and food safety educators from all sectors with knowledge and tools to prevent foodborne illness at the fork end of the chain of prevention as well as orient educators to national goals such as Healthy People 2030. Public health, nutrition and food safety educators need to be poised to reach consumers with food safety education that is effective at influencing behavior change.
This conference will help advance knowledge in today’s critical health and food safety challenges. Conference attendees can expect sessions on food safety research, programming, and communications, alongside interactive food safety experiences.
This unique conference will be chaired by Charles Leftwich, vice president of food safety and quality assurance at Sysco Corporation and Tara Kelly, instructor in the Department of Nutrition Sciences at The University of Alabama at Birmingham.
CFSEC keynotes and speakers will be announced soon. Attendees will hear from top experts in the health and food safety industry who will provide the latest in food safety education research and practices and facilitate meaningful discussions around prevention of food-related illness among consumers.
Other features of the CFSEC include:
- The opportunity to network and collaborate with health and food safety educators from government agencies, nonprofit organizations, higher education and the food industry
- Access to tools and resources that address the biggest food safety challenges
- Posters exploring the latest research and innovations
Registration is now open! Take advantage of the summer savings rate of $425 through Sept. 2 — a $75 savings off the standard rate or the early bird rate of $450 through Dec. 31 — a $50 savings off the standard rate!
PFSE is accepting abstract submissions on a variety of topics related to food safety, under these four program tracks:
- Original Research
- Food Safety Programs or Campaigns in Action
- Interactive Presentations, Demos and Experiences
- Food Safety Education Strategies and Successes (posters only)
Share your professional knowledge, research and experiences for program consideration. Submit your abstracts by Monday, Sept. 2!
For more information, visit cfsec.org or contact PFSE at cfsec@fightbac.org.
About the Partnership for Food Safety Education
The Partnership for Food Safety Education (PFSE) is a nonprofit, public health organization with a mission to develop and promote effective education programs to reduce foodborne illness risk for consumers. This important work is done through a historically significant cross-sector collaboration with the federal government, food industry, consumer groups, and scientific associations. PFSE supports more than 13,000 nutrition, health and food safety educators with free, science-based safe food handling messages who reach 8.5 million U.S. households each year. Food safety professionals, health educators and consumers can download free food safety education information from the Partnership’s website at fightbac.org.
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