Professional Associations
ARI-Air
Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute
http://www.ari.org/
AACC-American
Association of Cereal Chemists
http://www.aaccnet.org/
American
Chemical Society
http://www.acs.org/portal/Chemistry
ADSA-American
Dairy Science Association
http://www.adsa.org/
American
Institute of Baking
http://www.aibonline.org/
"AIB
is your best single source for education and research in
the science of baking, bakery management, equipment, ingredients,
cereal science, nutrition, food safety and hygiene, occupational
safety and maintenance engineering."
American
Nutraceutical Association
http://www.americanutra.com/
"The
American Nutraceutical Association was established in 1997
by members of the health care delivery system, in cooperation
with consumers and nutraceutical manufacturers, to develop
and provide educational materials and continuing education
programs for health care professionals and consumers on
nutraceutical technology and science."
American
Society of Brewing Chemists
http://www.asbcnet.org/
"ASBCnet
is an on-line service from the American Society of Brewing
Chemists that contains up-to-date information pertinent
to the brewing field."
ASHRAE-American
Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning
Engineers
http://www.ashrae.org/
American
Society for Microbiology
http://www.asmusa.org/
American
Society for Nutritional Sciences
http://www.asns.org/
"The
American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier
research society dedicated to improving the quality of life
through the science of nutrition."
Beer
Institute
http://www.beerinstitute.org/
Canadian
Institute of Food Science & Technology Internet Resources
http://www.cifst.ca/
European
Federation of Food Science and Technology
http://www.effost.org/
Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
http://www.fao.org/
"The
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
was founded in 1945 with a mandate to raise levels of nutrition
and standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity,
and to better the condition of rural populations. Today,
FAO is one of the largest specialized agencies in the United
Nations system and the lead agency for agriculture, forestry
fisheries and rural development."
Food
and Drug Law Institute
http://www.fdli.org/
"A
nonprofit educational organization dedicated to improving
the understanding of laws, regulations, and policies affecting
healthcare technologies, food, and cosmetics."
Food
Marketing Institute
http://www.fmi.org
Food
and Nutrition Information Center
http://www.nalusda.gov/fnic/
The
FNIC is located at the National Agricultural Library, and
is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural
Research Service. Its mission, since 1971, has been "to
collect and disseminate information about food and human
nutrition."
Food
Service and Packaging Institute
http://www.fpi.org/
"Serving
the single-use foodservice packaging industry for over 65
years, the Foodservice & Packaging Institute, Inc. is
the material-neutral trade association for manufacturers,
suppliers, and distributors of single-use foodservice packaging
products, as well as others associated with the industry."
IFT-Institute
of Food Technologists
http://www.ift.org/
"Founded
in 1939, the Institute of Food Technologists is a nonprofit
scientific society with 28,000 members working in food science,
food technology, and related professions in industry, academia
and government who aim to advance the science and technology
of food through the exchange of knowledge."
International
Dairy Federation
http://www.fil-idf.org/
"IDF
is both a forum for discussion and exchange and a dairy
information centre, created by and for the dairy sector."
International
Food and Agribusiness Management Association
http://www.ifama.org/
IAMA
strives "to become the global reference organization
to address agri-food chain issues based on the excellence
of our services and the commitment of our members."
International
Food Information Council Foundation
http://www.ific.org/
"IFIC's
mission is to communicate science-based information on food
safety and nutrition to health and nutrition professionals,
educators, journalists, government officials and others
providing information to consumers. IFIC is supported primarily
by the broad-based food, beverage and agricultural industries.
IFIC's purpose is to bridge the gap between science and
communications by collecting and disseminating scientific
information on food safety, nutrition and health and by
working with an extensive roster of scientific experts and
through partnerships to help translate research into understandable
and useful information for opinion leaders and ultimately,
consumers."
International
Union of Food Science and Technology
http://www.iufost.org/
"The
International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST),
a country-membership organization, is the sole global food
science and technology organization. It is a voluntary,
non-profit association of national food science organizations
linking the world's best food scientists and technologists."
International
Union of Nutritional Sciences
http://www.iuns.org/
"The
objects of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences
are to promote advancement in nutrition science, research
and development through international cooperation at the
global level and to encourage communication and collaboration
among nutrition scientists as well as to disseminate information
in nutritional sciences through modern communication technology."
National
Food Processors Association
http://www.nfpa-food.org/
"NFPA
is the voice of the $500 billion food processing industry
on scientific and public policy issues involving food safety,
food security, nutrition, technical and regulatory matters
and consumer affairs."
National
Restaurant Association
http://www.restaurant.org/
"Founded
in 1919, the National Restaurant Association is the leading
business association for the restaurant industry. Together
with the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation,
the Association's mission is to represent, educate and promote
a rapidly growing industry that is comprised of 858,000
restaurant and foodservice outlets employing 11.3 million
people."
National
Soft Drink Association
http://www.nsda.org/
Salt
Institute
http://www.saltinstitute.org/
The
Salt Institute is the world's foremost source of authoritative
information about salt (sodium chloride) and its more than
14,000 known uses.
