A happy and prosperous new year to everyone. The specialist group is not planning any events in New Zealand this year but people should be aware of a lipid meeting coming up in Cairns in July. The International Society for Plant Lipids (ISPL) is holding a meeting then and AAOCS will also run a concurrent programme. Further to the proposal to hold the AAOCS section meeting in Cairns, ISPL has now developed up a program of sessions that will be held on Monday 12 &…
Conference – November The website is now up and running for registration to Functional Foods & Edible Oils – The Future, www.foodworks.co.nz/ffoods . Speaker’s biographies and updated programme are also to be found on the website. Early bird registrants (before 21/09/08) get this two day conference for $440 plus $100 for the dinner. Registrations are coming in – numbers are limited so book your place now. Lorenzo’s Oil – 30 Years On It is sad to note the passing in America of Lorenzo Odore whose…
Book Review “The use of Palm Oil in Frying”. By Kurt Berger. Publisher, the Malaysian Palm Oil Production Council .ISBN 983-9191-02-0 This reviewer owes his almost lifetime interest (one may call it obsession) in oils and fats to Kurt Berger. Kurt was many years ago the Chief Chemist of Lyons UK . This was a company involved in corner cafes, ice cream, cakes pastry and many other food businesses. On a first business trip to the UK in 1976 the reviewer was hosted to a…