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Oils and Fats News August 2014

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AGM and Winter Dinner An enjoyable meal and social was held at The Grand Harbour Chinese Restaurant on The Viaduct in Auckland. Fuelled by good food and wine the members elected the existing committee and re-appointed the auditor. The Chairman’s report is on the website. http://www.oilsfats.org.nz/ Papers presented at NZIFST conference July 2014 Antioxidants A really practical and modern guide to natural antioxidant choice, was presented by Harish Metel of Kemin. This area is of vital importance to NZ food manufacturers particularly exporters as many…

Oils & Fats News January / February 2014

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Conferences in 2014 105th AOCS Annual Meeting and Expo May 4-7, 2014 | Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center | San Antonio, Texas. (The site of the Alamo). This looks to be of the normal high calibre of these meetings. annualMeeting.aocs.org Lipid section of the annual NZIFST conference Christchurch, July 1-3, 2014. There will be an oil and fats/lipids/antioxidants session at the conference. Any interest in presenting then please contact the secretary. www.nzifst.org.nz/conference.asp Veteran Lipid Researcher offers inspiration for the semi -retired! The researcher, Fred Kummerow, an…

Oils & Fats News January 2013

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WHEN did humans decide consuming whale food was a good idea? When it was reported that it was some sort of multi-vitamin cure-all that will reduce everything from blood pressure to cholesterol; help alleviate PMS or add muscle strength; improve cognitive function and brain health. Is there anything krill oil supplements can’t do? Now krill oil is growing in popularity, reportedly because it has similar benefits to fish oil but is even more effective. But is it really, and is fishing the Southern Ocean for…

Oils and Fats News June 2012

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Winter Dinner and AGM This will now be on June 19th at Restaurant Carinthia in Glendowie. For details: http://www.oilsfats.org.nz/ Teach in/Technical updates Now scheduled for 29th August at Massey Albany. Primarily for final year Food Science and Technology students the seminar is available for a small fee to Industry who wish to update themselves or their new staff. Fat Tax (yawn) Increasing the price of unhealthy food and drinks through a tax of at least 20 per cent could improve people’s health and have an…

Oils and Fats News December 2011

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AAOCS Adelaide An excellent science and social programme was organized by the Australian branch of AOCS in Adelaide in early November. A group of Kiwis attended who made a significant contribution to the presented papers. A synopsis of the technical papers will be presented in the next newsletter. A major highlight of the conference was the presentation of a victory bottle of Pinot noir by Peter Nichols to Laurence Eyres who was representing 4 million Kiwis on behalf of the All Blacks. See attached photograph…

Oils and Fats News January 2010

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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 &…

Oils and Fats News April/May 2009

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{{unknown}}AGM This year’s AGM is tentatively being pencilled in for 5th May so please make a note in your diaries. We are planning for a BYO restaurant on Dominion Rd in order to keep costs modest in these recessionary days. Olive oil processing course – Olives New Zealand It is proposed that the first course for this year is held from Friday 3 April to Sunday 5 April inclusive. Maggie and Ross Legh have generously agreed to allow their olive oil processing facility near Wellsford to be used…

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