Summer draws a bead on hot food topics

Summertime may be the perfect season for getting away from the daily grind but it was no picnic for Food Science Communicators with IFT who were as active fielding news media inquiries over the summer as any period in 2003.

Of course the IFT Annual Meeting and Food Expo in July commanded much attention from journalists on food-related topics, but it seems the scrutiny was more intense this year with timely announcements made prior to the meeting by Kraft, introducing its goals to reformulate popu…