International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) 2018 World Congress

23 to 27 October 2018, India

Four ICMSF members, Kiran Bhilegaonkar (Chair), Martin Cole, Lucia Anelich, and Leon Gorris participated in a session at the 19th IUFoST World Congress.

The focal theme of the Congress was “25 Billion Meals a Day by 2025 with Healthy, Nutritious, Safe and Diverse Foods”. The five-day programme brought together researchers, academicians, professionals, policymakers and the food scientists and industries fraternity to cover the latest advances in our understanding of food in all its manifestations like food safety, food security, regulations, innovations in food processing, hygienic design and engineering, frontier areas in food science and technology, novel food products, markets and consumer preferences and much more of the latest of cutting-edge technologies in each sector.

For more information, view the Congress brochure.

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The International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF, the Commission) was formed in 1962 through the action of the International Committee on Food Microbiology and Hygiene, a committee of the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS). Through the IUMS, the ICMSF is linked to the International Union of Biological Societies (IUBS) and to the World Health Organization (WHO) of the United Nations.