page_title: Center for Science in the Public Interest
section_title: Food safety
hierarchical_section_title: Center for Science in the Public Interest / Programs and campaigns / Food safety
caption_attribution_description: English: Funding History of the CDC's Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity
context_page_description: The Center for Science in the Public Interest is a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit watchdog and consumer advocacy group that advocates for safer and healthier foods.
context_section_description: One of CSPI's largest projects is its Food Safety Initiative, directed to reduce food contamination and foodborne illness. In addition to publishing Outbreak Alert!, a compilation of food-borne illnesses and outbreaks, the project advocated for the Food Safety Modernization Act, which was signed into law in 2011. The law refocused government attention on preventing food contamination rather than on identifying problems after they caused outbreaks of illnesses.
caption: Funding History of the CDC's Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity
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