title: Opportunities and progress.
abstract: In this review, I cover my professional experiences in food science and technology and related areas of applied and industrial microbiology over the span of my career. It emphasizes opportunities and technological problems that I encountered together with my progress in follow-up development of products and processes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Technology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1007; email: litchfield.3@osu.edu.
authors.forename: John H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Litchfield
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005285:Fermentation; D005511:Food Handling / Q000266:history; D019649:Food Industry / Q000266:history; D005516:Food Microbiology / Q000266:history*; D059022:Food Safety; D005524:Food Technology / Q000193:education / Q000266:history*; D057141:Food, Preserved / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois; D007220:Industrial Waste; D008404:Massachusetts; D008889:Military Personnel; D012248:Rhodotorula / Q000254:growth & development; D014481:United States; D016885:United States Department of Agriculture; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration; D014675:Vegetables
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste