IUFoST ya kasance memba tun 1996.
An kafa Ƙungiyar Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Duniya don samar da taron kasa da kasa mai zaman kansa don ƙwararrun kimiyyar abinci. Yana da matsayinsa na farko don ƙarfafa haɗin gwiwar kasa da kasa da musayar bayanan kimiyya da fasaha tsakanin masana kimiyya, injiniyoyi da ƙwararru a cikin ci gaban bincike, ƙarfafa ci gaba a fannonin ka'idoji da kimiyyar abinci, haɓaka fasaha a cikin sarrafawa, masana'antu, adanawa. , da kuma rarraba kayan abinci, da kuma ilmantarwa da horar da masana kimiyya da fasaha na abinci.
IUFoST an kafa shi ne ta manyan masana kimiyyar abinci a babban taron kasa da kasa na Kimiyya da Fasaha na Abinci, Washington, DC, a cikin 1970. Wannan ya tsara wani shiri na farko a 1962 a Majalisa ta farko. Manyan masana kimiyyar abinci daga ko'ina cikin duniya za su ci gaba da taka rawa ta farko a ayyukan IUFoST, kiyaye al'adar da aka kafa ta kungiyar.
Dangane da ayyana manufofin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na Gina Jiki (ICN), Rome 1993, Babban taron IUFoST ya amince da buga sanarwar Budapest a watan Agusta 1995 yayin babban taron kungiyar na bakwai a Hungary. Sanarwar Budapest wata sanarwa ce ta muhimmiyar rawar da Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Abinci ke takawa wajen taimakawa wajen magance ci gaba da matsalolin yunwa da fatara a duniya da kuma sadaukarwar masana kimiyyar abinci don taka rawa sosai a cikin wannan.
Memba na IUFoST ya ƙunshi ƙungiyoyi 60 masu maƙarƙashiya waɗanda ke wakiltar masana kimiyyar abinci da masana fasaha sama da 150,000 a duk faɗin duniya. Akwai ƙungiyoyin yanki guda huɗu waɗanda aka kafa ƙarƙashin Tsarin Mulki: EFFoST - Tarayyar Turai na Kimiyyar Abinci da Fasaha, FIFSTA - Federationungiyar Kimiyyar Abinci da Fasaha ta ASEAN, ECSAAFoST - Gabas, Tsakiya da Kudancin Afirka Associationungiyar Kimiyyar Abinci da Fasaha, da ALACCTA ( Asociación Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencia y Tecnologia de los Alimentos).
Duk manyan cibiyoyi na Kimiyyar Abinci da Fasaha na ƙasa a duk faɗin duniya suna shiga cikin aikin ƙungiyar, suna ba da wakilai zuwa Babban Taro, gudanar da taron haɗin gwiwa ko gajerun darussan da ba da gudummawa ga wallafe-wallafen IUFoST ta hanyar sa hannun masana kimiyya guda ɗaya.
Shigar da IUFoST a cikin bincike shine babba wajen shiryawa da ɗaukar nauyin taro, tarurrukan bita da gajerun darussa. IUFoST ya ƙara yawan adadin majalissar zuwa kowace shekara biyu bayan 1999. Bugu da ƙari, fiye da 100 tattaunawa da aka gudanar a karkashin kulawar IUFoST. Majalisun da taro suna kula da babban matakin kimiyya kuma suna ci gaba da girma cikin girma da tasiri. An buga abubuwan da aka gabatar kuma ana yawan ambaton su.
Ƙungiyoyin Aiki na kimiyya daban-daban suna nazarin matsalolin kimiyya da suka shafi manufofin IUFoST, ko dai ta Babban Taro ko Majalisar Mulki.
IUFoST kuma tana buga mujallar lantarki, Duniyar Kimiyyar Abinci, tare da haɗin gwiwar Jikinta na Adhering na Amurka da wasiƙar da ake girmamawa, Newsline, sau uku a shekara. Wasu sabbin littattafai da yawa suna fitowa a cikin shekara mai zuwa.