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The '''Center for Food Integrity''' (CFI) is an industry funded front group which states that it aims "to build consumer trust and confidence in the contemporary U.S. food system by sharing accurate, balanced information, correcting misinformation, modeling best practices and engaging stakeholders to address issues that are important to consumers." [http://www.foodintegrity.org/index.html]
The formation of the group was announced in March 2007. The domain name was registered on March 1, 2007 by [[Charlie Arnot]], from the Kansas City, Missouri -based PR firm [[CMA Consulting]]. In 2006 Arnot also registered the domain name for [[Best Food Nation]], a website launched to co-incide with the release of the film version of [[Eric Schlosser]]'s book [[Fast Food Nation]]. CFI is reprted to be the result of Best Food Nation and the [[Grow America Project]] (GAP). (The website address of GAP - www.growamericaproject.org - now resolves to the CFI website).
Joseph Mendelson, the Legal director for the [[Center for Food Safety ]] (CFS), a bona-fide consumer group which which aims to end food industry practices that damage the environment and human health, believes CFI's name mimcs his own organization's. "The name was obviously chosen to try to distract attention from groups like ours and to confuse consumers," he told FoodNavigator-USA.com. [http://www.foodproductiondaily-usa.com/news/ng.asp?n=75118-center-for-food-integrity-center-for-food-safety]
"My suspicion is that the food industry is concerned that more regulatory oversight is coming its way. This is a way for it to promote its agenda under a [[greenwashing|green wash]] label," he said. [http://www.foodproductiondaily-usa.com/news/ng.asp?n=75118-center-for-food-integrity-center-for-food-safety]