The Brazilian Society of Food Science and Technology is one of the first scientific society in the country formed in the year 1967. Its numerous actions over the years have contributed decisively to the consolidation of academia and the agro-industrial segment in the country. The society also made an important technical-scientific contribution to the formulation of legislation and technical standards.
First proposed in August 1966 by Brazilian scientists André Tosello and Walter Santos during the 2nd International Congress on Food Science and Technology but was officially created on 8 of April of 1967 , at the Training Center in Campinas, today Coodenadoria Integral Technical Assistance(CATI) by 71 food professionals who signed the minutes of creation and elected the first board. After the creation of the society, André Tosello was appointed by the then dean of Unicamp , Zeferino Vaz, to implement the Faculty of Food Engineering at Unicamp.
