Standing Committees, Special Interest Groups, Working Groups, Task Forces
The Audit Advisory Committee
The Audit Advisory Committee serves in an advisory capacity, establishing appropriate accounting control procedures. It ensures that the Union's accounting procedures provide as closely as practicable, the true cost of each major activity, and provide proper accounting for the receipt and distribution of restricted income. It is responsible for recommending the external auditors and ensuring their independence.
Membership: This committee consists of five (5) members, not holding an elected position, appointed by the General Assembly.
Chair: R. Yada (Canada)
D. Fung (USA)
C-H Lee (Korea)
G. Kopper (Uruguay)
P. Raspor (Slovenia)
The Constitution Advisory Committee
The Constitution Advisory Committee deals with amendments to the IUFoST Constitution or By-laws as may be appropriate for the more effective fulfillment of the Union's policies and conduct of its business, and acts as an advisory body on the nominations and voting for members of the Governing Council. This Committee may provide advice to the General Assembly on the suitability of proposed revisions to the Constitution.
Membership: This committee shall consist of five (5) members, not holding an elected position, appointed by the General Assembly.
Chair: G. Kennedy (Australia)
F. Escher (Switzerland)
B. Leung (Hong Kong)
P. van Twisk (S. Africa)
J. Welti-Chanes (Mexico)
The Nominations Advisory Committee
The Nominations Advisory Committee is responsible for ensuring that there are nominated candidates of sufficient merit for all positions who collectively meet the criteria of this Constitution for regional representation, and that the credentials of those candidates are presented to ballot in the General Assembly in a timely, fair and democratic manner.
Membership: This committee shall consist of the President-Elect as chair and four (4) members, not holding an elected position, appointed by the General Assembly.
Chair: Geoffrey Campbell-Platt (UK)
D. Rodriguez-Amaya (Brazil)
O. Frisby (South Africa)
Jason Wan (Australia)
W. Zhou (Singapore)
ISFE – International Society of Food Engineering
ISFE is a global society based on individual members, to strengthen communication and networking opportunities and to open new lines of cooperation in several fronts such as research, curricula and international standardization. ISFE is a Special Interest Group of IUFoST.
ISOPOW
ISOPOW is a is a standing committee of IUFoST, whose activities aim at progressing the understanding of the properties of water in food and related biological systems, and the exploitation of this understanding in improved raw materials, products and processes in the food, agrofood or related industries.
Task Forces/Working Groups
Core Curricula Working Group
The Core Curricula Working Group developed the core undergraduate studies suggested for a basic under graduate education in Food Science and Technology. This group, co-chaired by Rich Hartel (USA) and Elisabeth Dumoulin (France) and comprised of members from South America, Austral-Asia and Europe completed the core curricula guide in 2004. See Education and Training – Core Curricula.
Distance Education Task Force
The International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) is committed to alleviating hunger throughout the world. To that end, it has dedicated its energy to provide well-trained workers for the value-added food processing sector. In most societies, on-the-job training is accomplished through seminars and workshops for the professionals employed in these industries. However, for laborers and middle management employees in these industries in developing economies, opportunities for professional training are less readily available. To overcome this shortfall in training opportunities, Dr. Walter Spiess, President of IUFoST 2000- 2003, appointed a Task Force to investigate the feasibility of using electronically-assisted distance education to fill the professional training gap in developing economies. Furthermore, because of the shortfall of food availability in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), SSA was chosen as the focal point of the evaluation. This proposal describes (1) the process of evaluating the need for professional training as a contribution to the solution of food availability in SSA, (2) the potential of using electronically- assisted distance education to enhance the qualifications and availability of professionals for the value-added food processing industry in SSA, (3) the selection and development of appropriate learning modules to meet the training needs for the region, and finally (4) the implementation plans for the project. See Education and Training – Distance Education.
