For more than four decades, the International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) has fostered the international cooperation and exchange of knowledge among food scientists, food technologists, and other specialists. IUFoST continues this activity with the presentation of its 12th World Congress of Food Science and Technology, Feeding the World—Opportunities Without Boundaries, which will be held on July 16–20, 2003, at the Chicago Hilton and Towers Hotel, Chicago, Ill., immediately fo…