Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1963 - 2000 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
1.39 metres
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The UK Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST) was founded in 1964 in order to provide a professional organisation to cater for the growing number of food professionals who were ineligible to join a single discipline institution. By 1968 the organisation had become an incorporated body with memorandum, articles of association and by-laws.
The IFST aims to provide independent objective advice and information on all matters relating to food science, food technology and food professionalism, and make this freely available for the public uninfluenced by sectoral or political motives. It produces policy statements and submissions on draft food legislation both in the UK and Europe, works to set and maintain standards of professional education through the promotion of the Master of Food Control and other professional qualifications, and also publishes newsletters, professional publications and various manuals and articles relating to food science and technology.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by the Institute of Food Science and Technology to the University of Strathclyde in 2008 (Acc 828).
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Inaugural Council minutes and papers, 1963-1964; Council minutes and papers, 1965-1986; annual general meeting minutes and papers, 1964-1985; committee minutes and papers, 1973-1989; Joint Master of Food Control Board minutes and papers, 1975-1985; files of honorary secretary of Scottish Branch, 1996-2000.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
Further accruals from the Institute are expected.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright is retained by Institute of Food Science and Technology.
Language of material
- English