Institute of Food Technologists
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Policy Comments & Positions

IFT commentaries, testimonies, and statements based on the input of experts from academia, industry, and government.

IFT Comments to USDA - CSREES on the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative

IFT Comments to FDA on Nanotechnology

IFT Comments on FDA Food Protection Plan
 
IFT Comments on FDA Subcommittee on Science and Technology Report

IFT Comments Requesting Supplement to FDA's FY2009 Budget

IFT Address on Import Safety and Formal Comments
The Interagency Working Group on Import Safety, Public Meeting, U.S. Department of Agriculture. (10/1/2007)

The Prioritization of Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Needs for Engineered Nanoscale Materials: An Interim Document for Public Comment
Comments submitted by the IFT Food Nanoscience working group to the Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology (NSET) Subcommittee of the Committee on Technology, National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), PDF  (9/17/2007)

Food Nanotechnology: Applications & Implications
(pdf)
Comments submitted by the Nanoscience Working Group to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).

Food Nanotechnology Research Needs (pdf)
Comments to the NSET sub-committee on the research document Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Needs for Engineered Nanoscale Materials (1/4/2007)

IFT testimony at FDA's Functional Food Public Hearing. (12/5/2006)

Supporting the Establishment of a National Institute for Food and Agriculture

IFT position statement., PDF (4/18/2005)

U.S. Regulatory Policy on Listeria monocytogenes 
Comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, PDF (8/9/2004)

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  • Labeling Guidelines of Food and Food Ingredients Obtained through Certain Techniques of Genetic Modification/Genetic Engineering, comments to 31st session of the Codex Committee on Food Labeling (5/2003) 
      
  • USDA Commitment to Nutrition Monitoring Research, testimony of Nancy Chapman for the Alliance for Continuing Nutrition Monitoring to the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies House Appropriations Committee (3/21/02)  
     
  • Biotechnology is Vital to Enhancing World's Food Supply, statement/letter to Ing. Agr. Anibal Garcia Barreiros, President of Consejo Profesional de Ingenieria Agronomica, for TeleFood Argentina 2001 (11/21/2001)  
     
  • The Future of Food: Biotechnology and Consumer Confidence, commentary to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (9/26/2000)  
     
  • Use of the Term "Fresh" for Foods Processed with Alternative Nonthermal Technologies, comments to FDA (8/22/2000)