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Today, Saturday, October 24, 2026
National Food Day is a U.S. food-policy and healthy-eating observance marked on October 24. In 2026 it falls on Saturday, October 24. CSPI launched it in 2011 under Michael F. Jacobson’s public leadership to promote “eat real” food and better food policy. It is not World Food Day (October 16), not a federal holiday, and in 2026 it shares the calendar with United Nations Day and Make a Difference Day.
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