International Union of Food Science and Technology

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The International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) (pronounced "eye-you-fost") is an international non-governmental organization established in 1962 to devote the advancement of food science and technology. Its has as its members national food science and technology institutes and societies. Initially called the International Congress of Food Science and Technology, it would become known as IUFoST after the 1970 meeting in Washington, DC. It is a full member of the International Council for Science (ICSU).

1 IUFoST's roles
- 1.1 Publications
2 IUFoST fellows
3 IUFoST World Congresses
4 Governing Council
5 Membership
6 Headquarters
7 References
8 External links

[edit] IUFoST's roles

Every two years, it hosts a World Congress of Food Science and Technology. The next world congress is in Shanghai, China in 2008. The most recent conference at Nantes, France during September 17-21, 2006 had over 1000 papers presented with delegates from 62 countries.
It is cosponsor of regional and national conferences, short courses, and workshops. This has included over 80 symposia with subsequent publications afterwards.
Liaision with the United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization and World Health Organization on international food science and technology issues.

[edit] Publications

Newsline, published three times a year
Lebensmittel-Wissenschaft & Technologie (lwt - food science and technology in (German)), an official journal of IUFoST, published by Elsevier in Amsterdam.
International Review of Food Science and Technology, an annual review published by Sovereign Publications.
World of Food Science, online journal jointly published by IUFoST and the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)

[edit] IUFoST fellows

International Academy of Food Science and Technology, a distinguished list of food scientists and technologists world wide. This includes the current and past presidents of IUFoST, the current and past secretaries-general of IUFoST; and other scientists world wide. As of 2006, there are 131 fellows from 36 countries.

[edit] IUFoST World Congresses

Year	City	Country
1962	London	United Kingdom
1966	Warsaw	Poland
1970	Washington, DC	United States
1974	Madrid	Spain
1978	Kyoto	Japan
1983	Dublin	Ireland
1987	Singapore	Singapore
1991	Toronto	Canada
1995	Budapest	Hungary
1999	Sydney	Australia
2001	Seoul	South Korea
2003	Chicago, Illinois	United States
2006	Nantes	France
2008	Shanghai	China - scheduled for October 19-24
2010	Cape Town	South Africa

[edit] Governing Council

The current president of IUFoST is David R. Lineback (University of Maryland, College Park) of the United States. Its president-elect is Geoffrey Campbell-Platt of the United Kingdom while its immediate past president is Alan Mortimer of Australia.