Martin S. Peterson was an American food scientist who was involved in food irradiation, food supplies for the

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products development. He also served as Editor-In-Chief of ''

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'' during the 1950s for the Institute of Food Technologists.

Selected works

*Harris, N., M.S. Peterson, and S.D. Crespo. (1991). ''A Formulary of Candy Products.'' CHS Press. *Josephson, E.S., S, and M.S. Peterson. (1983). ''Preservation of Food by Ionizing Radiation.'' Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, Inc. *Peterson, M.S. (1970). ''Proceedings Symposium Feeding the Military Man.'' Natick, Massachusetts: United States Army Natick Laboratories. *Peterson, M.S. (1961). ''Scientific Thinking and Scientific Writing.'' New York: Reinhold Publishing Corp. *Peterson, M.S. and D.K. Tressler. (Year of publication missing). ''Food Technology: The World Over.'' New York: AVI Publishing Company.

References

*Mermelstein, N.H. and F.R. Katz. "Advancing Food Science and Technology for Fifty Years." ''Food Technology.'' January 1997: pp. 8–11. American food scientists Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{US-scientist-stub