Officials

Members of the Board
President

	PAOLA PITTIA University of Teramo Faculty of Bioscience and Technology of Food, Agriculture and Environment Italy

Vice President

	RUI COSTA Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra Portugal
Secretary General
	GERHARD SCHLEINING BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna Department of Food Sciences and Technology Austria

Past President

	CRISTINA L.M. SILVA Universidade Católica Portuguesa/Porto Escola Superior de Biotecnologia Portugal

Other Board Members

	JESUS FRIAS CELAYETA Dublin Institute of Technology *Ireland*
	VELITCHKA GOTCHEVA University of Food Technologies *Bulgaria*
	SAVERIO MANNINO University of Milan, Department of Food Science, Technology and Microbiology (DISTAM) *Italy*
	PAULO SOBRAL USP - University of Sao Paulo, Faculty of Animal Science and Food Engineering Department of Food Engineering *Brazil*

Advisory Comitee

	MARCO DALLA ROSA ALMA MATER STUDIORUM University of Bologna *Italy*
	GUSTAVO FIDEL GUTIÉRREZ-LOPEZ ENCB-IPN - National School of Biological Sciences *Mexico*
	KRISTBERG KRISTBERGSSON University of Iceland, Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition *Iceland*
	HUUB LELIEVELD Global Harmonization Initiative (GHI) *Netherlands*

Auditors

	LUIS MIGUEL CUNHA University of Porto *Portugal*
	MARIA CONSUELO GONZÁLES MARTÍNEZ DTA - Technical University of Valencia - School of Agricultural Engineering *Spain*