IUFoST is the global organization for food science & technology, representing more than 300,000 food scientists and technologists from over 70 countries.
It is a voluntary, non-profit association comprised of national food science organizations. IUFoST is devoted to the advancement of the International Council for Science, one of the 31 scientific unions worldwide and the only global representative of food science and technology to notable organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Codex Alimentarius and International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI)
IUFoST's mission is to promote international co-operation and information exchange, to provide education and training to food scientists and technologists around the world and to promote professionalism and profession organization among food scientists and technologists.
