Source-backedFixed Annual

Food Day

CSPI’s 2011 annual report documents the relaunch of national Food Day and its October 24 date, modeled as a public education and food-system campaign.

Date / rule24 October
ScopeUnited States / food-system campaign relaunched by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)
VerificationOriginal Campaign Organization Date Verified
PortabilityFixed Annual
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-09
Target-year policyReuse Fixed
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Authority summary

What is Food Day?

CSPI’s 2011 annual report documents the relaunch of national Food Day and its October 24 date, modeled as a public education and food-system campaign.

Date and recurrence

24 October

This authority record treats the observance as a fixed annual date. The same month and day can be reused unless a stronger source changes the rule.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is United States / food-system campaign relaunched by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

National Food Day

Classification

Topic and context

Food, Drink & Hospitality →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. Center for Science in the Public Interest — 2011 annual report / Food DayOriginal Campaign Organization
  2. National Day Calendar — Food Day October 24Observance Registry
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Food Day?

24 October The stored recurrence guidance is: 24 October.

Does Food Day fall on the same date every year?

The authority record classifies it as fixed annual, so its month and day are reusable unless stronger evidence changes the rule.

Is Food Day an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: United States / food-system campaign relaunched by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Food Day?

The stored designation basis is: CSPI’s 2011 annual report documents the relaunch of national Food Day and its October 24 date, modeled as a public education and food-system campaign.. Supporting provenance includes Center for Science in the Public Interest — 2011 annual report / Food Day. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Food Day international or country-specific?

This authority record is country-scoped to United States. Its fuller verified scope is: United States / food-system campaign relaunched by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI).

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-09.

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