SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

                                FORM 10-K/A
                              Amendment No. 1

          [X]  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                     SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                   For the year ended December 31, 2009

                         Commission File No. 0-19047

                         FOOD TECHNOLOGY SERVICE, INC.

             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

                  FLORIDA                                   59-2618503
 (State of Incorporation or Organization)       (Employer Identification Number)

                   502 Prairie Mine Road, Mulberry, FL     33860
                (Address of Principal Executive Offices)  (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:         (863)425-0039
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock, $.01
                                                            par value

       Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned
issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act:  Yes  [  ]  No  [ X ]

       Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act:  Yes  [  ]  No  [ X ]

       Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant: (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.

                         Yes                   No
                          X
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       Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to
Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and no disclosure will be
contained, to the best of Registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or
information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K
or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [ ]

       Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting
company.  See definition of "accelerated filer", "large accelerated filer" and
"smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.  (Check one):

          Large Accelerated Filer  [  ]   Accelerated Filer   [  ]
          Non-Accelerated Filer   [  ]    Smaller Reporting Company  [X]

       The Registrant's operating revenues for its most recent fiscal year were
$2,515,978.

       As of February 26, 2010, 2,756,458 shares of the Registrant's Common
Stock were outstanding, and the aggregate market value of the voting stock held
by non-affiliates (2,112,049 shares) was approximately $3,801,688 based on the
market price at that date.

                     DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held May
21, 2010.


                                  SIGNATURES

       Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized as of the 5th of
October 2010.

                                          FOOD TECHNOLOGY SERVICE, INC.
                                          By: /S/ Richard G. Hunter, Ph.D.
                                          --------------------------------
                                              Richard G. Hunter, Ph.D.
                                              Chief Executive Officer and
                                              Chief Financial Officer

       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
Company and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

Name                                 Title                        Date

 /S/ Richard G. Hunter, Ph.D.   Director                    October 5, 2010
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Richard G. Hunter, Ph.D.        Chief Executive Officer and
                                Chief Financial Officer

 /S/ Samuel Bell                Director                    October 5, 2010
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Samuel Bell

 /S/ John Corley                Director                    October 5, 2010
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John Corley

 /S/ Gary Lifshin               Director                    October 5, 2010
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Gary Lifshin

 /S/ David Nicholds             Director                    October 5, 2010
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David Nicholds

 /S/ John T. Sinnott            Director                    October 5, 2010
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John T. Sinnott, M.D., F.A.C.P

 /S/ Ronald Thomas              Director                    October 5, 2010
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Ronald Thomas, Ph.D.