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Global Food Industry Nominations and Young Scientists Award Nominations are 'Now Open' for the upcoming World Congress in Brazil 2012

IUFoST partners with Fi Europe to present Lifetime Achievement and Young Scientist Excellence Awards

IUFoST featured in "The National", United Arab Emirates leading English-language publication

Dr. Martin Cole, Chief of CSIRO Food and Nutritional Sciences, Australia and Chair, ICMSF (International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods) talks to IUFoST's Rickey Yada about Food Safety

Almond Board of California Newest Corporate Associate Member

IAFoST Fellow R. Paul Singh on developing future foods for health

Mark Your Calendar Now! Join Us In Brazil For The XVI IUFoST World Congress In August 2012

* Updated - E.coli outbreak linked to Sprouted Seeds is the subject of a new IUFoST SIB

A Heaventree of Stars - Ana Lucia Cortes in the IUFoST Dispatch of the June/July issue of IFI Magazine discussing the extraordinary potential of natural ingredients from plants and fruit from Latin America

IUFoST E-Newsline June, 2011 presenting conversations on Food Safety with Diana Banati, Chair EFSA and Joseph Jen former Deputy Minister US Dept of Agriculture

Radioactive Fallout from the 2011 Japan Nuclear Plant Accident and Food Composition Databases are the subjects of two new IUFoST SIBs

IUFoST/CIFST Conference - Emerging Technologies for Present and Future Foods: Visionary Tactics for the ingredients market place presented by the global experts

World of Food Science Vol 12: Nonthermal Technologies -This issue provides an overview of the current status of the technology, safety, commercial application and future of four of the nonthermal technologies.

Scientific Information Bulletin - Chemical Hazards in Foods

IUFoST In The News - Viet Nam News - Functional foods are fine, but safety counts

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The International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST), a country-membership organisation is the global voice of food science and technology. It is a voluntary, non-profit federation of national food science organisations linking the world's food scientists and technologists.

IUFoST promotes the advancement of global food science and technology through its education programmes, workshops, regional symposia and through IAFoST the International Academy of Food Science and Technology.
IUFoST fosters the worldwide exchange of scientific knowledge and ideas through the biennial World Congress, IAFoST, three scientific journals, an on-line journal and regular Scientific Information Bulletins.
IUFoST aims to strengthen food science and technology's role in helping secure the world's food supply and eliminate world hunger by delivering programs such as distance education, workshops and integrated food systems targetted to these needs.
At the 1995 world congress, IUFoST publicly committed itself in its Budapest Declaration, which opened 'We declare our determination to work for the elimination of hunger and the reduction of all forms of malnutrition through the world.'

How Does IUFoST Operate?

The General Assembly develops and controls IUFoST policies and actions. The Governing Council sets the objectives for the Term of Office and The Board implements strategies to achieve the objectives. The Scientific Council maintains the scientific standard and integrity of all IUFoST activities.

IUFoST formed the International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFoST), to recognise individuals with outstanding leadership in food science and technology. IAFoST is a learned society composed of elected members - Fellows - from all parts of the world.

IUFoST's Regional Groupings, EFFoST (Europe), ALACCTA (Latin America), WAAFoST (West Africa) and FIFSTA (South East Asia) are an integral part of the organization. Standing Committees and Disciplinary Groupings comply with the IUFoST Constitution and they are guided by the General Assembly.