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 read 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):

Clearinghouse
Cluster Definitions
Law Project
Marketing/Website
Outbreak Training
Industry
Workforce Capacity
Pulsenet Cost Effectiveness
Epi/Lab Reporting
CIFOR Guidelines and Toolkit

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