The 19th IUFoST World Food Science and Technology Congress was five days of action packed programmes that brougt together researchers, academicians, professionals, policy makers and the food scientists and industries. The latest advances were shared in our understanding of food in all its manifestations; food safety, food security, regulations, innovations in food processing, hygienic design and engineering, frontier areas in food science & technology, novel food products, markets and consumer preferences and much more of the latest in cutting edge technologies in each sector.