About CIFOR

Vision

Local, state and federal partners collaborating effectively to reduce the burden of foodborne illness in the United States.

Mission

To improve methods at the local, state, and federal levels to detect, investigate, control, and prevent foodborne disease outbreaks.

Organizational Structure

By-Laws

CIFOR is composed of three entities: the main Council, a Governance Committee, and various Workgroups.

Click here to ready the complete CIFOR by-laws.

The CIFOR Steering Committee is made up of various food safety public health partners. In addition, CIFOR has several workgroups designed to focus on various CIFOR projects and ensure participation of the larger foodborne outbreak response community

(alphabetical order):

Industry Workgroup
Marketing and Vision Workgroup
Multi-Jurisdictional Guidelines Workgroup
Overall Guidelines Workgroup
Performance Indicators Workgroup
PulseNet Workgroup

If you are interested in volunteering for any of these workgroups please contact us.