Number: 2002-011-2-600
Title: Fats, Oils and Oilseeds
Analysis and Production - an International Workshop on
Task Group
Chairman: P. Dysseler
Members: R.
Cantrill, I. DeBruyne,
S. Koseoglu, R.
Lago, and J. Newman
Completion Date: 2005 - project
completed
Objective:
To hold a workshop on Fats, Oils and Oilseeds Analysis and production
in Tunisia, in order to disseminate IUPAC's activities, to present
recent advances in lipid chemistry and show links between IUPAC
and international organizations such as Codex Alimentarius, ISO,
AOCS, ASA and FOSFA.
Description:
North Africa (Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria) has been for many years
a major oil producer and has a large agroindustry, centered on producing
and processing vegetable oils. Apart from that, North Africa is
also an important source for numerous native oils with potential
food or industrial applications. IUPAC's Task Force on Food Chemistry
has been active for a few years and its activities have been mainly
the production of standard methods. IUPAC's activities and products
are not well known in Africa particularly in the vegetable oils
sector.
The proposed workshop represents the first one sponsored by IUPAC
in North Africa in this area. Thus, it will be a tremendous opportunity
to spread IUPAC's work to all professionals related to the chemistry
and processing of animal and vegetable fats and oils, as well as
to chemistry students who may pursue a career in research and/or
to work in the oils industry.
In Nov 2000, a similar workshop was organized in Ipaname, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil > see project
1999-042-1-600
Progress:
The preliminary program of the workshop includes an introduction
to IUPAC's role, the development of ISO standards and the role of
AOCS in method harmonization. There will follow several presentations
on technical themes, including oilseed processing, oil refining
and the development of standardized methods. NMR in lipid chemistry,
adulteration of cold pressed oils with refined oils, determination
of minor compounds, and the use of analytical techniques such as
GC, HPLC, NMR. Printed material of the lectures presented in the
workshop will be available to the participants.
Workshop: Sheraton Hotel, Tunis, Tunisia, 6-8 December
2004.
Details are available on <www.aocs.org/archives/analysis>
5 sessions were organized during the workshop: