The International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis Ltd. (ICUMSA) is a world-wide body which brings together the activities of the National Committees for Sugar Analysis in more than twenty member countries.

Work is carried out under various Subjects each headed by a Referee. 

ICUMSA is the only international organisation concerned solely with analytical methods for the sugar industry. In addition to use by that industry, ICUMSA methods are recognised by authorities such as the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the OIML, the EU, and the US Food  Chemicals Codex. 

Methods are recommended for Tentative (T) approval by ICUMSA in the first instance. Upon meeting all the Commission's requirements, methods are accorded Official (O) status. Methods which are demonstrably useful and have found an established application, or which do not lend themselves to collaborative testing, are given an Accepted (A) status. Details of how the status of Methods has been established may be obtained by reading the relevant Proceedings. 

 

 

Officers of ICUMSA
 

Year	Place	Session	President	General Secretary
1897	Hamburg	1st	A. Herzfeld, Germany
1898	Vienna	2nd	A. Herzfeld, Germany
1900	Paris	3rd	A. Herzfeld, Germany
1903	Berlin	4th	A. Herzfeld, Germany	F.G. Wiechmann, USA
1906	Berne	5th	A. Herzfeld, Germany	F.G. Wiechmann, USA
1909	London	6th	A. Herzfeld, Germany	F.G. Wiechmann, USA
1912	New York	7th	A. Herzfeld, Germany	F.G. Wiechmann, USA
1932	Amsterdam	8th	F. Bates, USA	L. Eynon, UK
1936	London	9th	F. Bates, USA	L. Eynon, UK
1949	Brussels	10th	F. Bates, USA	F. Tödt, Germany
1954	Paris	11th	F. Bates, USA (to 1953)	G. Payne, UK
			H.C.S. de Whalley, UK (from 1954)	D. Gross, UK
1958	Washington	12th	H.C.S. de Whalley, UK	D. Gross, UK
1962	Hamburg	13th	H.C.S. de Whalley, UK	D. Gross, UK
1966	Copenhagen	14th	J. Dubourg, France	R. Saunier, France
1970	London	15th	J. Dubourg, France (to 1969)	R. Saunier, France
			A. Carruthers, UK (from 1970)
1974	Ankara	16th	A. Carruthers, UK	D. Hibbert, UK
1978	Montreal	17th	A. Carruthers, UK	D. Hibbert, UK
1982	Dublin	18th	E. Reinefeld, Germany	A. Emmerich, Germany
1986	Cannes	19th	E. Reinefeld, Germany	A. Emmerich, Germany
1990	Colorado Springs	20th	M.R. Player, Austtralia	E. Whaymann, Australia
1994	Havana	21st	M.R. Player, Australia	R.J. McCowage, Australia
1998	Berlin	22nd	M.R. Player, Australia	R.J. McCowage, Australia
2002	Pune	23rd	G. Vaccari, Italy	G. Mantovani, Italy
2004	Atlanta	24th	G. Vaccari, Italy	H. Puke, Germany
2006	Aguas de São Pedro	25th	G. Vaccari, Italy	H. Puke, Germany
2008	Delray Beach	26th	G. Parkin, UK	H. Puke, Germany
2010	Berlin	27th	G. Parkin, UK	H. Puke, Germany
2012	Cambridge	28th	G. Parkin, Germany	H. Puke, Germany
2014	Ribeirão Preto	29th	G. Parkin, UK	H. Puke, Germany
2016	Warsaw	30th	G. Parkin, UK	H. Puke, Germany
2018	Skukuza	31th	G. Parkin, UK	H. Puke, Germany