# Planning & Programmatic Convenings for the 2023 Consumer Food Safety Education Conference (CFSEC)

> **NIH FDA R13** · PARTNERSHIP FOR FOOD SAFETY EDUCATION · 2022 · $50,000

## Abstract

Project Summary
Foodborne illness is a serious public health issue. One in six Americans will experience a foodborne illness a
year (CDC, 2013). It’s critical that people understand the importance of safe food handling and hand hygiene
practices to reduce their risk of foodborne illness.
The Planning & Programmatic Convenings for the 2023 Consumer Food Safety Education Conference
(CFSEC) are critical to ensuring the development of a robust conference program that will equip health and
food safety professionals with actionable, safe food handling guidance for their community. There will be at
least four convenings bringing together food safety experts to provide input on trends in food safety education,
speakers, and participate in an abstract review process for the 2023 CFSEC program. This grant will support
the convenings of these committees, the development of the abstract submission technology, conference
website design, and marketing efforts to raise awareness of abstract submission and the final 2023 CFSEC
program.
The 2023 CFSEC will take place March 1-3 at the Renaissance Arlington Capital View in Virginia. It’s expected
that at least 350 health and food safety professionals nationwide will attend. The 2023 CFSEC aims to reduce
the rate of foodborne illness in the United States by empowering health and food safety professionals to be
effective at engaging consumers on the topic of safe food handling practices that reduce the risk of illness. This
effort aligns with the Food and Drug Administration CFSAN’s function to provide consumer education and
charge to protect public health. The Planning & Programmatic Convenings for the 2023 CFSEC aims to:
• Engage in collaborative dialogue with health and food safety professionals from all sectors.
• Inform and develop take-home strategies in influencing food safety knowledge and behaviors of
 consumers to be reflected in the 2023 CFSEC programming for attendees to take to their communities.
• Establish a program that reflects and aligns with national food safety goals proposed in HealthyPeople
 2030 as well as in the New Era of Smarter Food Safety.
• Launch a conference program that is a multi-disciplinary in approach, reflects current consumer food
 handling trends, and addresses the emerging needs of health and food safety educators.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10605749
- **Project number:** 1R13FD007697-01
- **Recipient organization:** PARTNERSHIP FOR FOOD SAFETY EDUCATION
- **Principal Investigator:** Britanny Saunier
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $50,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2022-07-01 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10605749

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10605749, Planning & Programmatic Convenings for the 2023 Consumer Food Safety Education Conference (CFSEC) (1R13FD007697-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10605749. Licensed CC0.

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