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</div><div></div><div>The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ift.org/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">Institute of Food Technologists</a>(IFT) is an international, non-profit scientific society of professionals engaged in food science, food technology, and related areas in academia, government and industry. Since its founding in 1939, IFT has been committed to advancing the science of food. It has more than 17,000 members from more than 95 countries.<div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; font-size: 13.3000001907349px; display: table; zoom: 1; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="color: black; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; font-size: 13.3000001907349px; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Contents</h2>  [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hide</a>] </div><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#History" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1 History</a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#Early_history" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1.1 Early history</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#Growth" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1.2 Growth</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#Today" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1.3 Today</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#IFT_Annual_Event" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1.4 IFT Annual Event</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#Certification" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1.5 Certification</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#Global_Food_Traceability_Center" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1.6 Global Food Traceability Center</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#Feeding_Tomorrow" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1.7 Feeding Tomorrow</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#Awards" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2 Awards</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#Divisions" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3 Divisions</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#Sections" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">4 Sections</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#Executive_vice_presidents" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">5 Executive vice presidents</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#Member_grades" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">6 Member grades</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#Presidents" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">7 Presidents</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#Publications" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">8 Publications</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">9 References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#Further_reading" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">10 Further reading</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">11 External links</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-19" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#Concerns" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">12 Concerns</a></li></ul></div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">History<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Institute_of_Food_Technologists&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Early history<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Institute_of_Food_Technologists&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>As food technology grew from the individual family farm to the factory level, including the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaughterhouse" title="Slaughterhouse" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">slaughterhouse</a> for meat and poultry processing, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannery" title="Cannery" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">cannery</a> for canned foods, and bakeries for bread, the need to have personnel trained for the food industry did also. Literature such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upton_Sinclair" title="Upton Sinclair" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Upton Sinclair</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jungle" title="The Jungle" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">The Jungle</a> in 1906 about slaughterhouse operations would be a factor in the establishment of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_and_Drug_Administration(United_States)" title="Food and Drug Administration (United States)" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">U.S. Food and Drug Administration</a> (FDA) later that year. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Agriculture" title="United States Department of Agriculture" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">United States Department of Agriculture</a> was also interested in food technology, and research was already being done at agricultural colleges in the United States, including the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a> (MIT), the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana-Champaign" title="University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison" title="University of Wisconsin–Madison" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">University of Wisconsin–Madison</a>, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">University of California, Berkeley</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a> By 1935, two MIT professors,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_C.Prescott" title="Samuel C. Prescott" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Samuel C. Prescott</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_E.Proctor" title="Bernard E. Proctor" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Bernard E. Proctor</a> decided that it was time to hold an international conference regarding this.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#cite_note-Goldblith_p101-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a> A detailed proposal was presented to MIT President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Taylor_Compton" title="Karl Taylor Compton" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Karl Taylor Compton</a> in 1936 was presented with $1500 of financial aid from MIT for a meeting to be held from June 30 to July 2, 1937 with Compton asking how many people would be in attendance at this meeting. Prescott replied with "fifty or sixty people." 500 people actually attended the event.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#cite_note-Goldblith_p101-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a>This meeting proved so successful that in early 1938 that a second conference would be held in 1939. Initially led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_J.Hucker" title="George J. Hucker" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">George J. Hucker</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Agricultural_Experiment_Station" title="New York State Agricultural Experiment Station" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">New York State Agricultural Experiment Station</a> (part of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_University" title="Cornell University" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Cornell University</a>) in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva,New_York" title="Geneva, New York" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Geneva, New York</a>, a small group meeting was held on August 5, 1938 on forming an organization with an expanded group meeting in New York City on January 16, 1939 to further discuss this.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#cite_note-Goldblith_p102-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a> The second conference was held at MIT June 29 to July 1, 1939 with Proctor as conference chair. 600 people attended this event. At the final session, the chairman of the session <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_C.Blanck" title="Fred C. Blanck" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Fred C. Blanck</a> of the United States Department of Agriculture, proposed that an organization be established as the Institute of Food Technologists. This was approved unanimously. Its first officers were Prescott as President, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_C.Newton" title="Roy C. Newton" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Roy C. Newton</a> of<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift%26_Company" title="Swift & Company" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Swift & Company</a> in Chicago, Illinois as Vice President, and Hucker as Secretary-Treasurer.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#cite_note-Goldblith_p102-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a> By 1949, IFT had 3,000 members.<h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Growth<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Institute_of_Food_Technologists&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Growth" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>Regional sections were established in IFT as early as 1940 in northern California (San Francisco, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakersfield" title="Bakersfield" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Bakersfield</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento" title="Sacramento" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Sacramento</a>).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a> The first IFT Award, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Appert_Award" title="Nicholas Appert Award" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Nicholas Appert Award</a> was established in 1942 by IFT's Chicago section with additional awards being established since then. For the first ten years, IFT officers were President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer. In 1949, IFT moved into offices in Chicago and created a permanent position of Executive Secretary to run daily organizational operations. Retired <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.Army" title="U.S. Army" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">U.S. Army</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Colonel</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_S.Lawrence" title="Charles S. Lawrence" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Charles S. Lawrence</a> was named the first Executive Secretary, a position he would hold until 1961 when he was replaced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvert_L.Willey" title="Calvert L. Willey" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Calvert L. Willey</a>. During Willey's term as Executive Director (Executive Secretary 1961–1966), IFT would grow from 6,000 members in 1961 to 23,000 members in 1987.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a>Additionally, IFT Divisions were established in 1971 with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refrigeration" title="Refrigeration" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Refrigerated</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_Foods" title="Frozen Foods" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Frozen Foods</a> Division being the first.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[6]</a> The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iftsa.org/" style="text-decoration: none; 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The governing body of IFT consists of a Board of Directors made up of the President, President-Elect, Immediate Past-President, Treasurer, Student Association President, Student Association Immediate Past President, IFT Foundation Chair, and Executive Vice President, along with twelve board members. IFT also communicates with the news media, using sixty scientists to discuss the scientific perspective on food issues.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a> IFT is also active in the international level by its membership in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Union_of_Food_Science_and_Technology" title="International Union of Food Science and Technology" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">International Union of Food Science and Technology</a>, headquartered in<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakville,Ontario" title="Oakville, Ontario" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Oakville, Ontario</a>, Canada.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[9]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[10]</a> Education has always been a focus of IFT, going as far back as 1941, with the desire to have uniform education standards in food technology.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#cite_note-HeldmanFoodScience-11" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[11]</a> Education standards for undergraduate students were approved by IFT in 1966 for food science and technology. These standards were revised and updated in 1977, 1992, 2001, and 2011. Today, IFT sits on the advisory council for the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Food_Protection_Training_Institute" title="International Food Protection Training Institute" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">International Food Protection Training Institute</a>.<h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">IFT Annual Event<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Institute_of_Food_Technologists&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: IFT Annual Event" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>IFT largest in-person gathering is IFT’s annual event. This event, which offers more than 100 scientific and applied education sessions and an expo featuring 1,000+ exhibiting companies, regularly attracts 23,000 food professionals from more than 90 countries.<h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Certification<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Institute_of_Food_Technologists&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Certification" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>IFT, through the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ift.org/certification/faq/about-the-commission.aspx" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">International Food Science Certification Commission</a>, offers the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ift.org/certification/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">Certified Food Scientist</a> (CFS) designation. The CFS is the only globally-recognized certification for food scientists, and has more than 1600 certificants in 55 countries. The CFS program is officially endorsed by the Australian Institute of Food Science Technology (AIFST) as well as the Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology (CIFST). Earning the CFS consists of meeting certain academic and work experience requirements and passing an exam in the following content areas:<ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A); color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Product Development</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Quality Assurance and Quality Control</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Food Chemistry and Food Analysis</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Regulatory</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Food Microbiology</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Food Safety</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Food Engineering</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Sensory Evaluation and Consumer Testing</li></ul>It was designed to meet the International Standards Organization (ISO) 17024 standards for certification programs.<h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Global Food Traceability Center<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Institute_of_Food_Technologists&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Global Food Traceability Center" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>IFT’s Global Food Traceability Center (GFTC) is the global resource and authoritative voice on food traceability. Supported by its Founding Sponsors and guided by its Advisory Council, GFTC is designed to accelerate adoption and implementation of practical traceability solutions across the global food system.The Center works to deliver events, research, and support services that will help to increase understanding of food traceability across four business platforms:<ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A); color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Research</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Protocols & Standards</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Education & Training</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Technology Transfer</li></ul><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Feeding Tomorrow<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Institute_of_Food_Technologists&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Feeding Tomorrow" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>Feeding Tomorrow, the Foundation of the Institute of Food Technologists Feeding Tomorrow is committed to fostering a strong leadership pipeline to ensure that there are talented food scientists leading the efforts to feed 9 billion people by 2050. As IFT’s philanthropic foundation, Feeding Tomorrow:<ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A); color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Awards more than $100,000 USD in annual scholarships to support food science students</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Creates Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) experiences for high school students through its Food4thought initiative</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Funds travel grants so that food science students can experience firsthand at the IFT Food Expo®</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Establishes industry internships to cultivate the talent pipeline</li></ul><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Awards<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Institute_of_Food_Technologists&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Awards" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>All awards except the Loncin prize have this reference<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[12]</a> listed below.<ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A); color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Appert_Award" title="Nicholas Appert Award" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Nicholas Appert Award</a> (1942) – IFT's highest honor. Lifetime contributions to food technology.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babcock-Hart_Award" title="Babcock-Hart Award" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Babcock-Hart Award</a> (1948) – Significant contributions in food technology that resulted in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_health" title="Public health" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">public health</a> improvements through some aspect of nutrition.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bor_S.Luh_International_Award" title="Bor S. Luh International Award" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Bor S. Luh International Award</a> (1956 – International Award from 1956 to 2004) – Individual member or institution that had outstanding efforts in one of the following in food technology: 1) international exchange of ideas, 2) better international understanding, and/or 3) practical successful technology transfer to an economically depressed area in a developed or developing nation.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Technology_Industrial_Achievement_Award" title="Food Technology Industrial Achievement Award" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Food Technology Industrial Achievement Award</a> (1959) – Developing an outstanding food process or product that represents a significant advance in food technology or food production.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Cate_Prescott_Award" title="Samuel Cate Prescott Award" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Samuel Cate Prescott Award</a> (1964) – Outstanding ability of research in food technology. This is for researchers who are under 36 years of age or who are a maximum ten years after earning their highest academic degree whichever is later.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_V.Cruess_Award" title="William V. Cruess Award" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">William V. Cruess Award</a> (1970) – Excellence in teaching food science and technology. It is the only award that students can vote.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_R.Fellers_Award" title="Carl R. Fellers Award" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Carl R. Fellers Award</a> (1984) – For IFT members who have brought honor and recognition to food science through achievements in areas other than education, research, development, and technology transfer.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvert_L.Willey_Award" title="Calvert L. Willey Award" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Calvert L. Willey Award</a> (1989) – For meritorious and imaginative service in IFT.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_S.Chang_Award_for_Lipid_or_Flavor_Science" title="Stephen S. Chang Award for Lipid or Flavor Science" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Stephen S. Chang Award for Lipid or Flavor Science</a> (1993) – For contribution in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipid" title="Lipid" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">lipid</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavor" title="Flavor" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">flavor</a> science.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFT_Industrial_Scientist_Award" title="IFT Industrial Scientist Award" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">IFT Industrial Scientist Award</a> (1994) – For technical contributions that advances the food industry.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Loncin_Research_Prize" title="Marcel Loncin Research Prize" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Marcel Loncin Research Prize</a> (1994)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[13]</a>- For basic research involving chemistry, physics, and food engineering applied to food research and food quality.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFT_Research%26_Development_Award" title="IFT Research & Development Award" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">IFT Research & Development Award</a> (1997) – For significant research and development contributions to better understanding within food science, food technology, and nutrition.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Fleming_Stier_Award" title="Elizabeth Fleming Stier Award" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Elizabeth Fleming Stier Award</a> (1997) – Humanitarian and unselfish dedication that results in significant contributions to the well-being in the food industry, academia, general public, or students.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_L.Oser_Award" title="Bernard L. Oser Award" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Bernard L. Oser Award</a> (2000) – For contributing to the scientific knowledge of food ingredient safety or in leadership in establishing food ingredient safety evaluation or regulation.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myron_Solberg_Award" title="Myron Solberg Award" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Myron Solberg Award</a> (2004) – For providing leadership in establishing, successfully developing, and continuing a cooperative organization involving <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academia" title="Academia" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">academia</a>, government, and industry.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ift.org/Membership/Awards-and-Recognition/Achievement-Awards/Sensory-and-Consumer-Sciences-Achievement-Award.aspx" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">Sensory and Consumer Sciences Achievement Award</a> (2014) –To recognize excellence within the sensory and consumer sciences field.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ift.org/Membership/Awards-and-Recognition/Achievement-Awards/Gilbert-A-Leveille-Award-and-Lectureship.aspx" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">Gilbert A. Leveille Award and Lectureship</a> (2014) – Recognizes outstanding research and/or public service at the interface between the disciplines of nutrition and food science, over a period of five years or more, which has contributed to improved health and well-being.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ift.org/Membership/Awards-and-Recognition/Achievement-Awards/WK-Kellogg-International-Food-Security-Award.aspx" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">WK Kellogg International Food Security Award</a> (2012) – To honor an IFT member working in academics, research institutes or the government, regardless of geographic origin, whose outstanding efforts result in one or more of the following:</li></ul>(1) Enabling and increasing access to nutritious food in non-industrialized countries; (2) Developing emerging technologies and/or research that addresses non-industrialized countries food needs, food safety, and food security; and/or (3) Contributing toward the technological development in one or more local food industries to help foster economic development in non-industrialized countries.<ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A); color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ift.org/Membership/Awards-and-Recognition/Achievement-Awards/Trailblazer-Award.aspx" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">Trailblazer Award and Lectureship</a> (2014) - To honor exceptional leaders who have advanced the science at the nexus of nutrition or dietetics and food science for a least five (5) years. This award is conferred upon a leader, preferably a joint member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the Institute of Food Technologists, who has demonstrated innovative contributions to improved health among underserved populations through at least one aspect of food science and technology, and has exhibited intellectual courage in research, instruction and/or communication at this intersection.</li></ul><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Divisions<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Institute_of_Food_Technologists&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Divisions" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>These are divisions of interest by the IFT Members<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[14]</a><ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A); color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Aquatic Food Products – seafood</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biotechnology" title="Biotechnology" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Biotechnology</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbohydrate" title="Carbohydrate" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Carbohydrate</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Dairy Foods – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dairy_products" title="Dairy products" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">dairy products</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Education</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Extension and Outreach</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Chemistry" title="Food Chemistry" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Food Chemistry</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Engineering" title="Food Engineering" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Food Engineering</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_politics" title="Food politics" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Food Law</a> and Regulations – legal aspects in food processing and technology</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Microbiology" title="Food Microbiology" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Food Microbiology</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Food_Packaging&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Food Packaging (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Food Packaging</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foodservice" title="Foodservice" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Foodservice</a> – restaurants.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Fruit & Vegetable Products</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iftsa.org/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">IFT Student Association</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">International</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Marketing & Management</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Muscle Foods – meat, poultry, and seafood</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Nonthermal Processing – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_processing" title="Food processing" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">food processing</a> through non-heating methods</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutraceuticals" title="Nutraceuticals" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Nutraceuticals</a> & Functional Foods – Combining nutrition and medicine for healthy living</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Nutrition</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_Development" title="Product Development" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Product Development</a> – Developing foods from the laboratory to the general public</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_Assurance" title="Quality Assurance" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Quality Assurance</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_quality" title="Food quality" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">food quality</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Refrigerated and Frozen Foods – foods that are processed through <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refrigeration" title="Refrigeration" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">refrigeration</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freezing" title="Freezing" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">freezing</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sensory_and_Consumer_Sciences&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sensory and Consumer Sciences (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Sensory and Consumer Sciences</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxicology" title="Toxicology" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Toxicology</a> and Safety Evaluation – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_allergy" title="Food allergy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">food allergy</a> mainly</li></ul><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sections<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Institute_of_Food_Technologists&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sections" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>These are usually cities, states, and regions. If a region is mentioned, a city in that region is mentioned which include areas surrounded by the city.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[15]</a><ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A); color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">AK-SAR-BEN – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Nebraska</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Alamo – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">San Antonio</a>, Texas</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Bluegrass – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Kentucky</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Bonneville – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah" title="Utah" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Utah</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">British – Great Britain</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">British Columbia</a> – Canadian province</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Cactus – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Arizona</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Central <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">New Jersey</a> – subsection of New York Section</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Central Valley – subsection of Northern California section</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Chicago</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Dogwood – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">North Carolina</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Florida</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Great Lakes – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Michigan</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Great Plains – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">South Dakota</a>, subsection of Minnesota section</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Hawaii</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Indiana</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Intermountain – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho" title="Idaho" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Idaho</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Iowa</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Japan</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Kansas City – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Kansas</a> and western <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Missouri</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Keystone – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrisburg,Pennsylvania" title="Harrisburg, Pennsylvania" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Harrisburg, Pennsylvania</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Lake Erie – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Cleveland</a>, Ohio</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Lewis & Clark</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Long Island – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn,New_York" title="Brooklyn, New York" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Brooklyn</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queens" title="Queens" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Queens</a>, New York</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Longhorn – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Dallas</a>, Texas</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Louisiana</a> Gulf Coast – New Orleans, Louisiana</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Magnolia – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Mississippi</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Maryland</a> – includes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Delaware</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">West Virginia</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mid-South – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Memphis, Tennessee</a> and eastern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Arkansas</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Minnesota</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">New York – New York City boroughs of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Manhattan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staten_Island" title="Staten Island" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Staten Island</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronx" title="Bronx" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Bronx</a>, and parts of northern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">New Jersey</a>.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Northeast – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine" title="Maine" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Maine</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Massachusetts</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">New Hampshire</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Rhode Island</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Vermont</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Northern California – San Francisco, Sacramento, Bakersfield</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Northwest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ohio</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo,Ohio" title="Toledo, Ohio" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Toledo, Ohio</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Nutmeg – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Connecticut</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Ohio Valley – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Cincinnati</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus,Ohio" title="Columbus, Ohio" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Columbus, Ohio</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Oklahoma</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Oregon</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Ozark – Western Arkansas and southwest Missouri</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Philadelphia</a> – Includes eastern Pennsylvania</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Pittsburgh</a> – Includes western Pennsylvania</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Puget Sound – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Seattle</a>, Washington and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Alaska</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Rocky Mountain – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Colorado</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Wyoming" title="University of Wyoming" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">University of Wyoming</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">San Joaquin– Bakersfield, Fresno, California</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">South Eastern – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama" title="Alabama" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Alabama</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia(U.S.state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Georgia</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">South Carolina</a> (Dixie: 1950–2007)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">South Florida – Miami, Florida</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Southern California – Los Angeles and San Diego</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.Louis,Missouri" title="St. Louis, Missouri" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">St. Louis</a> – includes southern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Illinois</a> and eastern Missouri</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Volunteer – All of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Tennessee</a> except Memphis</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Washington, D.C. – includes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Virginia</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Western New York</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Wisconsin</a></li></ul><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Executive vice presidents<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Institute_of_Food_Technologists&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Executive vice presidents" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Between IFT's founding in 1939 and 1949, the institute had elected a secretary and treasurer that kept up with the daily operations of the institute. By 1949, the membership had reached 3,000 and it was decided to create an Executive Secretary position and establish national office in Chicago. Since then, the position's name has changed twice to its current name. There have been six Executive Vice Presidents<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[16]</a> shown below:<ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A); color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_S.Lawrence" title="Charles S. Lawrence" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Charles S. Lawrence</a>: 1949–61</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvert_L.Willey" title="Calvert L. Willey" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Calvert L. Willey</a>: 1961–87</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_W.Mattson" title="Howard W. Mattson" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Howard W. Mattson</a>: 1987–91</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_E.Weber" title="Daniel E. Weber" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Daniel E. Weber</a>: 1991–2003</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Byrd_Keenan" title="Barbara Byrd Keenan" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Barbara Byrd Keenan</a>: 2003–2013</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christie_Tarantino,FASAE,CAE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Christie Tarantino, FASAE, CAE (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Christie Tarantino, FASAE, CAE</a>: 2014 - Present</li></ul><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Member grades<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Institute_of_Food_Technologists&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Member grades" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>There are four member grades within IFT:<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[17]</a><ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A); color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Student member – A full-time student working on an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associate_of_Science" title="Associate of Science" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Associate of Science</a> degree or higher in food science, food technology, or a related field. All applications must be endorsed by a faculty member.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Member – A person active in the food industry who shows interest in supporting the Institute's objective.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Professional Member – An IFT member who has five years of experience within food science or technology whether it is academic, government, or industrial. A member with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Science" title="Master of Science" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Master of Science</a> degree can earn one year of experience while member with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctorate_of_Philosophy" title="Doctorate of Philosophy" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Doctorate of Philosophy</a> degree can earn three years of experience to assist in qualification.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Emeritus Member – Any retired Member or Professional Member who has been an IFT Member for a minimum of twenty years.</li></ul><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Presidents<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Institute_of_Food_Technologists&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Presidents" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>2011-12: Roger Clemens2012-13: John Ruff2013-14: Janet E. Collins2014-15: Mary Ellen Camire2015-16: Colin Dennis<h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Publications<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-size: small; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Institute_of_Food_Technologists&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Publications" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>The Institute also has many publications that are both in print and online<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#cite_note-IFT_Publications-18" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[18]</a> that are shown below:<ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A); color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Technology_(magazine)" title="Food Technology (magazine)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Food Technology</a> (1947) – IFT's monthly magazine available to all members. Besides the monthly columns dealing with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_processing" title="Food processing" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">food processing</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_packaging" title="Food packaging" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">food packaging</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingredients" title="Ingredients" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">ingredients</a>, food safety and quality, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutraceuticals" title="Nutraceuticals" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">nutraceuticals</a>, food, medicine & health, culinary, and consumer trends, it also focuses on in-depth issues such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biotechnology" title="Biotechnology" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">biotechnology</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_safety" title="Food safety" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">food safety</a>, and nutrition.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#cite_note-19" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[19]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_Food_Science" title="Journal of Food Science" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Journal of Food Science</a> or JFS (Founded in 1936 as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Research" title="Food Research" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Food Research</a>) – IFT's premier <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_journal" title="Scientific journal" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">scientific journal</a> dealing with all <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-reviewed" title="Peer-reviewed" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">peer-reviewed</a> aspects of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_science" title="Food science" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">food science</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_chemistry" title="Food chemistry" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">food chemistry</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_microbiology" title="Food microbiology" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">food microbiology</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_engineering" title="Food engineering" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">food engineering</a>,toxicology, nanoscale materials, nutrition, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_evaluation" title="Sensory evaluation" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">sensory evaluation</a>. It annually publishes over 400 papers and 2,500 pages with authors from 90 countries and readers from 50 countries internationally. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Library of Congress</a> in 2004 put JFS as one of only 300 journals as a high priority ... (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISSN" title="ISSN" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">ISSN</a>).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#cite_note-20" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[20]</a></li></ul>Both Food Technology and the Journal of Food Science can be accessed in print or online. Other publications are shown below:<ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A); color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Journal_of_Food_Science_Education" title="The Journal of Food Science Education" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">The Journal of Food Science Education</a> or JSFE (2002 – Online only) – This quarterly journal deals with innovations, techniques, and methods to improve education in food science and technology.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#cite_note-21" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[21]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Reviews_in_Food_Science_and_Food_Safety" title="Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety</a> (2002 – Online only) – This journal, published bimonthly, deals with a broad review of a narrowly defined topic relating to food science and technology, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physiology" title="Physiology" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">physiology</a>, economics, history, nutrition, microbiology, engineering, processing, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics" title="Genetics" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">genetics</a>. All aspects of these reviews are studied, including strengths, weaknesses, and research differences in order to present insightful investigation, including interpretation, summary, and conclusion.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#cite_note-22" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[22]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">IFT Weekly Newsletter – A weekly e-mail newsletter sent out every Wednesday about issues within the food industry, including food companies, food research, food regulations, and IFT itself.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#cite_note-IFTNewsletters-23" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[23]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Nutraceutical Newsletter – An e-mail newsletter similar to the IFT Weekly Newsletter though it deals specifically with nutraceuticals and functional foods.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#cite_note-IFTNewsletters-23" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[23]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">IFT Books – The Institute has four book publishers that offer membership discounts, including IFT Press (a partnership with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiley-Blackwell" title="Wiley-Blackwell" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Wiley-Blackwell</a>), Grey House Publishing, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DESteck_Publications&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="DESteck Publications (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">DESteck Publications</a>, and Taylor and Francis, on food science and technology.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#cite_note-IFTBooks-24" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[24]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Three annual buyers guides are also published: Food Technology Buyer's Guide, Nutraceutical Buyer's Guide, and Annual Guide to Food Industry Services. These are usually published as a supplement to Food Technology magazine.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Food_Technologists#cite_note-IFTBooks-24" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[24]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">FutureFood 2050 Publishing Initiative – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.futurefood2050.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%2210%22%20height%3D%2210%22%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22translate%28-826.429%20-698.791%29%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%225.982%22%20height%3D%225.982%22%20x%3D%22826.929%22%20y%3D%22702.309%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%20stroke%3D%22%2306c%22%2F%3E%3Cg%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M831.194%20698.791h5.234v5.391l-1.571%201.545-1.31-1.31-2.725%202.725-2.689-2.689%202.808-2.808-1.311-1.311z%22%20fill%3D%22%2306f%22%2F%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M835.424%20699.795l.022%204.885-1.817-1.817-2.881%202.881-1.228-1.228%202.881-2.881-1.851-1.851z%22%20fill%3D%22%23fff%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E) 100% 50%;">FutureFood 2050</a> is a multi-year program highlighting the people and stories leading the efforts in finding solutions to a healthier, safer and better nourished planet to feed 9 billion-plus people by 2050. Through 2015, the program will release 75 interviews with the world’s most impactful leaders in food and science. The interviews with obesity thought leaders are the 10th installment of FutureFood’s interview series, following sustainability, women in food science, food waste, food security and nutrition in Africa, aquaculture, futurists on food, innovative agriculture Parts 1 and 2, and kitchens of the future. FutureFood 2050 will also debut a documentary film exploring how the science of food will contribute solutions to feeding the world.</li></ul></div><div>==</div>