In the recent past, Food Technology published a number of articles in which experts in food science and technology described what they expected to happen in their areas of expertise over the next few years. In “Research Priorities Move Toward Healthy and Safe” (December 2000, p. 42), 38 chief research officers of major food companies discussed the research areas that their departments are involved in, and in “A Look Into the Future of Food Science & Technology” (January 2002, p. 46), represe…