Certified Food Scientist (CFS) — programme sunset

USA / global · International Food Science Certification Commission (IFT) · professional

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IFT's certification page (read 3 Oct 2026) says the CFS programme 'has been sunset' and directs questions to IFSCC. Listed so that students do not prepare for a credential that no longer exists.

Official source: https://www.ift.org/certification

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Dairy Science & Technology subjects

Dairy Industry & Milk Production Systems12 units Mathematics & Statistics for Dairy Science10 units Biochemistry for Dairy Science10 units General Microbiology12 units Engineering Fundamentals for Dairy Technologists10 units Dairy Animal Science10 units Human Nutrition & Dairy in the Diet10 units Computing, Data & Digital Tools for Dairy10 units Milk Composition & Physical Properties12 units Milk Proteins & Enzymes13 units Milk Lipids12 units Lactose, Milk Salts & Vitamins10 units Chemistry of Dairy Products12 units Dairy Analysis & Instrumental Methods13 units Dairy Colloids: Emulsions, Foams & Gels11 units Microbiology of Raw & Market Milk12 units Starter Cultures & Lactic Acid Bacteria12 units Dairy Pathogens, Toxins & Microbial Risk12 units Microbiology of Dairy Products11 units Probiotics, Prebiotics & Functional Dairy Foods10 units Microbiological Quality Assurance & Rapid Methods10 units Fermentation Technology & Dairy Biotechnology12 units Market Milk Processing14 units Cream, Butter, Ghee & Milk Fat Products11 units Cheese Science & Technology13 units Fermented Milks Technology11 units Ice Cream & Frozen Dairy Desserts11 units Concentrated & Dried Dairy Products12 units Infant Formula & Nutritional Dairy Products10 units Traditional & Indigenous Dairy Products of the World12 units Whey & Dairy By-product Utilisation11 units Membrane Processing & Dairy Ingredients12 units Emerging & Non-thermal Dairy Processing12 units Dairy Analogues, Plant-based Alternatives & Composite Dairy Foods9 units Sensory Evaluation & Judging of Dairy Products10 units Dairy Packaging12 units Rheology & Texture of Dairy Foods11 units Fluid Flow, Thermodynamics & Heat Transfer in Dairy Plants11 units Dairy Processing Equipment13 units Evaporation & Drying in Dairy Plants12 units Dairy Refrigeration & Cold Chain12 units Dairy Plant Utilities & Energy Management10 units Instrumentation, Process Control & Automation10 units Dairy Plant Design, Layout & Project Engineering11 units Cleaning-in-Place, Sanitation & Hygienic Design11 units Dairy Effluent Treatment & Environmental Management11 units Dairy Food Safety Management Systems11 units Dairy Standards & Law Worldwide11 units Quality Assurance, Statistical Quality Control & Laboratory Management11 units Dairy Economics, Cooperatives & Milk Pricing10 units Dairy Business Management & Marketing12 units Dairy Extension, Entrepreneurship & Village Milk Systems10 units Advanced Dairy Chemistry10 units Advanced Dairy Microbiology10 units Advanced Dairy Technology & Product Development10 units Advanced Dairy Engineering10 units Research Methods, Experimental Design & Scientific Communication10 units

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