Past Presidents Discuss the Science of Food

Food science has changed substantially since IFT was founded 75 years ago in 1939. “The first change is the increasing depth of the science behind our profession or that underlies our profession. That’s true not only in issues such as microbiology … think of all the foodborne illnesses that we didn’t even know about 50 or 60 years ago,” declared Richard L. Hall, IFT President 1971–72, during a videotaped interview with Robert B. Gravani, IFT President 2010&nd…