Support
Though some funds are received from the sale of its books, ICMSF relies heavily on contributions to fund its activities and annual meetings through donations and in-kind support. The ICMSF has obtained support from contributors in more than a dozen countries.
Past contributors
Public health agencies
Governmental agencies
International organisations
Food manufacturers
Trade associations
ICMSF general conference sites and major sponsors
| No. | Year | Location | Sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1962 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Members’ agencies |
| 2 | 1965 | Cambridge, Enland | Members’ agencies; Low Temperature Research Station, Cambridge, England; The Pillsbury Co. |
| 3 | 1966 | Moscow, USSR | Members’ agencies |
| 4 | 1967 | London, England | Members’ agencies; Unilever Research |
| 5 | 1969 | Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia | Members’ agencies; Union of Medical Societies of Yugoslavia; US Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control |
| 6 | 1970 | Mexico City, Mexico | Members’ agencies; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 7 | 1971 | Opatija, Yugoslavia | Members’ agencies; Union of Medical Societies of Yugoslavia; US Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control |
| 8 | 1972 | Langford, England | Members’ agencies; Meat Research Institute; Agriculture Research Council, UK; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 9 | 1973 | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | Members’ agencies; Health and Welfare Canada, Health Protection Branch; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 10 | 1974 | Caracas, Venezuela | Members’ agencies; Latin American Congress for Microbiology; International Union of Biological Societies; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 11 | 1976 | Alexandria, Egypt | Members’ agencies; Ministry of Health, Arab Republic of Egypt; US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 12 | 1977 | Cairo, Egypt | Members’ agencies; Ministry of Health, Arab Republic of Egypt; US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 13 | 1978 | Cairo, Egypt | Members’ agencies; Ministry of Health, Arab Republic of Egypt; US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 14 | 1980 | Stresa, Italy | Members’ agencies; Comitato Organizzatore “Total Quality Control Congress;” Regione Piemonte; Regione Lombardia; Provincia di Novara; Banca Popolare di Novara; Fondazione Alivar; Italy Centro Studi Hospes;Terme di Crodo, S.P.A.; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 15 | 1981 | Chexbres, Switzerland | Members’ agencies; Nestlé Products Technical Assistance Co.; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 16 | 1982 | Anaheim, California, USA | Members’ agencies; Silliker Laboratories; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 17 | 1983 | Sharnbrook, Bedford, England | Members’ agencies; Unilever Research, Colworth Laboratories; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 18 | 1984 | Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany | Members’ agencies; Federal Ministry of Youth, Family Affairs and Welfare; German Research Foundation; Senate of Berlin; Unilever Germany; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 19 | 1985 | La Jolla, California, USA | Members’ agencies; Beatrice Foods; Silliker Laboratories; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 20 | 1986 | Roskilde, Denmark | Danish Meat Products Laboratory; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 21 | 1987 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Members’ agencies; Medical research Council Canada; Canada Packers Inc.; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 22 | 1988 | Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia | Members’ agencies; Nestlé Products Technical Assistance Co.; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 23 | 1989 | Milan, Italy | Members’ agencies; Comune di Milano, Camera di Commercio Industria, Artigianato, Agricoltura di Milano; Centrale del Latte di Milano; Egidio Galbani Spa di Milano; Istituto Scotti Bassani di Milano; Nuovo-Criai di Caserta; Ciba-Geigy di Milano; Alfa Laval di Monza; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 24 | 1990 | Playa Dorada, Dominican Republic | Members’ agencies; Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization; Instituto Dominicano de Technología Industrial (INDOTEC); Central Bank of the Dominican Republic; Asociacion de Propietarios de Hoteles y Condominios de Playa Dorada; Secretaría de Estado de Turismo (SECTUR); Nestlé (Dominican Republic); ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 25 | 1991 | Sydney, NSW, Australia | Members’ agencies; Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 26 | 1992 | Taverny, France | Members’ agencies; Nestlé France; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 27 | 1993 | Papendal, the Netherlands | Members’ agencies; the Netherlands EFFI; Netherlands Society for Microbiology; Netherlands Society for Nutrition and Food Technology; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 28 | 1994 | León, Spain | Members’ agencies; Ministerio de Salud y Consumo; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 29 | 1996 | Pretoria, South Africa | Members’ agencies; ABSA Bank, AECI Aroma & Fine Chemicals; Department of Health; Department of Microbiology-WITS; Gold Star Yeasts; Hartlief Continental Meats; Inspection and Quality Services; Kanhym Fresh Meat; KWV; Labotec, Lever Industrial, S.A.; Society for Microbiology, Sea Harvest Corp.; Separations Scientific, SGS Qualitest; Sun International; 3M South Africa; Toyota S.A. Marketing; Traditional Beer Investments, Black Like Me Products; Boehringer Mannheim; Bull Brand Foods; C.A. Milsch; Dragoco S.A.; Enzymes S.A., Firmenich; First National Bank; Foodtek-CSIR; Foundation for Research Development; Meat Industry Centre (ANPI-ARC); Merck; Nestlé; Nutritional Foods, Quest Intern.; Royal Beech-Nut; Von Holy Consulting, Willards Foods; Woolworths; Xera Tech – The Document Company; Xerox Office Supplies; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 30 | 1997 | Annecy, France | Members’ agencies; Fondation Marcel Mérieux; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 31 | 1998 | Guaruja, Brazil | Members’ agencies; COMBHAL 98; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 32 | 1999 | Melbourne, Australia | Members’ agencies; Public Health and Development Division of the Victorian Department of Human Services; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 33 | 2000 | Berlin, Germany | Members’ agencies; Bundes Institut für gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinärmedizin; Bund für Lebensmittelrecht und Lebensmittelkunde e.V.; Milchindustrie-Verband e.V.;Kraft Foods, R&D Inc.; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 34 | 2001 | Annecy, France | Members’ agencies; Fondation Marcel Mérieux; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 35 | 2002 | Pucón, Chile | Members’ agencies; VII Congreso Latinamericano de Microbiologia e Higiene de Alimentos; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 36 | 2003 | Lugano, Switzerland | Members’ agencies; Schweizerische Geselschaft für Lebensmittel Hygiene; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 37 | 2004 | Hangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing, China | Members’ agencies; Silliker Group, Corp; bioMerieux China Ltd.; 3M China Ltd; Unilever; DuPont QUALICON; Beijing Sanyuan Foods Co, Ltd.; Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Zhejiang Gongshang University, College of Food Science, Biotechnology and Environmental Engineering; Shanghai Jiaotong University, Department of Food Science and Technology; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 38 | 2005 | Wintergreen, Virginia, USA | Members’ agencies; 3M Microbiology; American Society for Microbiology; Ecolab Inc.; Food Products Association; General Mills; Kraft Foods; Masterfoods USA; Cattlemen’s Beef Board and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association; Nestlé USA Inc.; Silliker Inc.; Standard Meat Company; US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water; US Department of Agriculture, Cooperative State Research; Education and Extension Service; US Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service; US Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition; Risk Assessment Consortium; International Life Sciences Institute; International Association for Food Protection; Institute of Food Technologists; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 39 | 2006 | Cape Town and Pretoria, South Africa | Members’ agencies; Consumer Goods Council of South Africa (CGCSA); South African Association for Food Science &Technology (SAAFoST); 3M; Unilever SA; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 40 | 2007 | Singapore | Members’ agencies; ILSI Southeast Asia Region; Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore; University of São Paulo; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 41 | 2008 | New Delhi, India | Members’ agencies; ILSI India; Ministry of Food Processing Industries, GOI; Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA); India Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR); India Council of Medical Research (ICMR); National Horticulture Mission (NHM), Ministry of Agriculture; University of São Paulo; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 42 | 2009 | Punta del Este, Uruguay | Members’ agencies; Latin American Subcommission of ICMSF; Uruguayan Society of Food Science and Technology; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 43 | 2010 | Annecy, France | Members’ agencies; Fondation Marcel Mérieux; University of São Paulo; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 44 | 2011 | Melbourne, Australia | Members’ agencies; Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO); Ecolab Inc.; Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI); Nestlé; Unilever; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 45 | 2012 | Xiamen, China | Members’ agencies; Chinese Institute of Food Science and Technology; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO); Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI); Nestlé; Unilever; University of São Paulo; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 46 | 2013 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Members’ agencies; Dubai Municipality; Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI); Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO); Nestlé; Pepsico; Unilever; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 47 | 2014 | Iguazu, Brazil | 3M; BCN; Biomeriex; Cargill; Congreso Latinamericano de Microbiologia e Higiene de Alimentos; Du Pont; (Life, Oxoid) Eurofins; Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI); Interlab; JBS; Laboratório, SP, Biorad; Mondelēz; Neogen; Nestlé; Pepsico; Qjagem; Solabia Biotec; Sovereign; Romer Labs; Thermo; Unilever; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 48 | 2015 | Tokyo, Japan | Members’ agencies; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO); Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI); Food Safety Commission of Japan; Ikari Corporation; International Life Sciences Institute Japan (ILSI, Japan); Japanese Society of Food Microbiology (JSFM); Kao Corporation; Legend Applications Inc.; Meiji Co., Ltd. R&D Division; Mitsubishi Research; Mondelēz; Nestlé; Nichirei Corporation; Nisshin Seifun Group Inc.; Pepsico; Suntory World Research Center; Tsukuba Food Evaluation Center Co., Ltd; Unilever; University of São Paulo |
| 49 | 2016 | Penang, Malaysia | Members’ agencies; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO); Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI); International Association for Food Protection; International Life Sciences Institute Southeast Asia; Mondelēz; Nestle; Pepsico; Unilever; University of São Paulo; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 50 | 2017 | Vlaardingen, the Netherlands | Members’ agencies; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO); Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI); Mondelēz; Nestlé; Pepsico; Unilever; University of São Paulo; Walmart; ICMSF sustaining fund |
| 51 | 2018 | New Delhi, India | Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), CII-HUL Initiative on Food Safety Sciences (CHIFSS), Unilever R&D, Pepsico, Nestle, Mondelez, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), ICMSF sustaining fund, University of São Paulo and others supporting individual members |
| 52 | 2019 | Sydney, Australia | The 2019 ICMSF Annual Meeting will be held in October 1-11. For more information, contact Leon Gorris, ICMSF Secretary. |