1. FSTA – Food Science and Technology Abstracts® – focused information for food scientists Polly Catchpole Head of Marketing & Sales International Food Information Service Budapest September 2007

2. IFIS is an independent, not-for-profit, organisation based in the UK Well known for publishing FSTA – Food Science and Technology Abstracts ®. A database covering all aspects of food science, food technology and nutrition IFIS also publishes journals and reports and provides seminars/information (www.foodinfoquest.com)www.foodinfoquest.com on sourcing food science information

3. Covers journals, patents, standards, reviews, conference proceedings, reports, books & theses Pure and applied science covered for all aspects of food science, food technology & nutrition Coverage 1969 – present Integrated Thesaurus Updated monthly on SilverPlatter, weekly on Ovid FSTA – Food Science and Technology Abstracts ® database

4. Scope of FSTA™ FSTA covers every aspect of the food chain including: –All major food commodities –Biotechnology –Microbiology –Food Safety –Additives –Nutrition –Packaging –Pet Foods

5. FSTA COVERAGE 35,920 records added in 2006 25% increase in the number of records added in 2005

6. FSTA™ - What’s new? Still the world’s leading source of information on food science, food technology and nutrition But, coverage expanded from 2006 Over 35,000 records now added annually – over 25% increase in annual growth Total number of records now exceeds 760,000

7. Japanese Patents Pet food and pet nutrition data Broader coverage of human nutrition New thesaurus terms, thesaurus reloaded New journals introduced Core data now reaches FSTA within a week of arriving at IFIS Principal Developments of FSTA in 2006

8. FSTA COVERAGE Records added during 2006 - by section Pet Foods – introduced in 2006 Food Science section enhanced to include increased nutrition content Food Science includes: Chemistry & biochemistry Microbiology Physics & biophysics Sensory analysis & consumer research Compositional & nutritional aspects

9. Sample Record

10. Published in 2007 10,246 terms – including 700 new terms to support increased coverage and scientific developments Also available as an ASCII text file as a guide for cataloguers and indexers

11. Includes material from over 4600 serial publications published in up to 40 languages Free copy available to download at www.foodsciencecentral.com

12. Dictionary Key food science reference Written by IFIS team and published by Blackwell Over 7800 entries

13. Food Manufacturing Efficiency – new journal Launched in 2006 - covers the commercially important issues of food manufacturing Published by IFIS and sponsored by the UK Food Processing Knowledge Transfer Network Includes minireviews on key topics, leading-edge research papers, short application notes, and industrial case studies

14. Food Science and Technology Bulletin™: Functional Foods Review journal from IFIS to cover this rapidly evolving area Easily digested minireviews of approximately 5000 words which evaluate the latest research Authored and edited by international experts

15. Foodinfoquest Free website from IFIS – www.foodinfoquest.com Designed to help students and industry users to locate and use food science information Launched in 2006

16. Many thanks! Any questions? Polly Catchpole P.Catchpole@ifis.org www.foodsciencecentral.com