August 2001
Volume 55, No. 8
Features
Annual Meeting & FOOD EXPO®—Ingredients
Diverse Strategies Help Promote Ingredient Products
Highlights of the 2001 IFT Annual Meeting & IFT FOOD EXPO®
More than 19,000 gathered in New Orleans for this year’s IFT Annual Meeting & IFT FOOD EXPO
Annual Meeting & FOOD EXPO®—Hot Topics
Hot Topics Address Today's Issues
2001 IFT Annual Meeting & FOOD EXPO® Highlights
IFT FOOD EXPO Reflects Myriad Market Trends
Annual Meeting & FOOD EXPO®—Laboratory
Lab Exhibits Promote Traceability and Safety
Annual Meeting & FOOD EXPO®—Packaging
Packaging Innovations Highlighted at FOOD EXPO
Annual Meeting & FOOD EXPO®—Processing
Processing Equipment and Services
Reflections on Salmonella and Other “Wee Beasties” in Foods
This year’s IFT Food Microbiology Division Lecturer discusses the role that microbial biofilms may have in foodborne disease outbreaks and the importance of cleaning and sanitation in their control.
Columns
The GeoPolitics of Food and Hunger
BACK PAGE
IFT Members Assist Objective Reporting
IFT NEWSMAKERS
Some Thoughts on Being President of IFT
PRESIDENT’S PAGE
The Flap Over Functional Foods
REGULATORY IMPACT
IFT International Food Safety and Quality Conference and Expo
SCIENCE, COMMUNICATIONS, & GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Departments
Upcoming Events
Florida Section IFT Golf Outing and Suppliers Night Expo
Orlando, Florida
Longhorn Section IFT Suppliers Expo
Frisco, Texas
Alamo Section IFT Golf Outing
San Antonio, Texas
Chicago Section IFT Suppliers Expo
Rosemont, Illinois