Conference for Food Protection

The Conference for Food Protection (CFP) brings together representatives from government, industry, academia, and consumers to identify and address emerging food safety issues. Through collaboration and science-based recommendations, it helps shape national food safety policies and practices that protect public health. Though it has no formal regulatory authority, it influences model laws and regulations among government agencies and minimizes disparate interpretations and implementation. The Conference meets biennially to provide an open forum for the consideration of ideas from any source.

The Conference for Food Protection has evolved in terms of its administration and electronic data retention. It holds biennial meetings; past meetings include the 2025 Biennial Meeting in Denver, CO (March 24–28, 2025), the 2023 Biennial Meeting in Houston, TX (April 24–28, 2023), and the 2020 Biennial Meeting, which was rescheduled for 2021 (April 12–August 20, 2021). The next Biennial Meeting is scheduled for April 19–23, 2027 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

A collaborative, science-based forum that influences model food safety laws and regulations without formal regulatory authority.

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