SOS/70, Today & Beyond
Ever since Nicolas Appert, food scientists have confronted and overcome challenges. Finding solutions to today’s and tomorrow’s tribulations—climate change, water usage, obesity, and risk perception—will require more ethical choices and greater use of science and technology.
Food scientists face many concerns today. But that was also the case 40 years ago when the Third International Congress of Food Science and Technology convened in Washington, D.C., and founded the International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST). Let’s compare briefly the major thrusts of the Third International Congress in 1970—SOS/70—with the topical trends of recent congresses and also review several major current concerns. Lastly, let’s look at how we must confront today’s challen…
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