16th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Section of AOCS

Fats and Oils: Nutrition, Technology, and the Consumer
September 29 - October 1, 2001 • Fairmont Hotel • Winnipeg, Manitoba

Technical Program

Saturday, September 29, 2001

7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Registration and opening reception, Fairmont Hotel

Sunday, September 30, 2001

8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Poster setup

9:00 a.m. Welcome by Dr. James K. Daun and Dr. Bruce McDonald, Chairpersons of CAOCS 2001

Session I. Lipids as nutraceuticals and functional foods (Chairs: Dr. Bruce McDonald and Dr. Harold Aukema).

9:10 a.m. Keynote speaker: Dr. Carla G. Taylor (Dept. of Foods and Nutrition, U. of Manitoba): Functional foods in the prevention and treatment of diabetes mellitus type2.

9:50 a.m. Special presentation of Dr. Robert Ackman (Canadian Institute of Fisheries and Technology, Dollhouse University): A history of fish oil in Canada.

10:25 a.m. Coffee break and poster presentations

10:45 a.m. Keynote speaker: Dr. Malcolm Ogborn (Dept. of Pediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, U. of Manitoba): Lipids in the dietary modification of renal disease.

11:25 a.m. Dr. W. M. Nimal Ratnayake (Nutrition Research Division, Health Canada): Potential risks associated with daily large intakes of plant sterols.

11:50 a.m. Lunch break and Canadian Section Business meeting

Session II. Lipids stability versus nutrition (Chairs: Dr. Mike Eskin and Dr. Roman Przybylski)

1:20 p.m. Keynote speaker: Dr. Edwin Frankel (Dept. Food Science, U. of California): Antioxidants and lipid oxidation — impact on health.

2:00 p.m. Chantal Dupasquier (Dept. Foods and Nutrition, U. of Manitoba): Frying performance of selected vegetable oils.

2:20 p.m. Dr. Mary R. L’Abbé (Nutrition Research Division, Health Canada): Dietary effects on red blood cell membrane deformability using the laser assisted optical rotational cell analyzer (LORCA).

2:40 p.m. Coffee break and poster presentations

3:00 p.m. Mandy Bondaruk (Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, U. of Lethbridge): Genetic engineering of canola with decreased palmitic acid content.

3:20 p.m. Dr. Randall Weselake (Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, U. of Lethbridge): Properties of microsomal lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase from culture of Brassica napus.

3:40 p.m. Dr. Nezile Azcan (Engineering and Architecture, Faculty of Anadolu): Fatty acids of the seeds of Organum onites L. and Origanum vulgare L.

4:00 p.m. End of Session

5.00 p.m. Departure from the hotel for the cruise on the Red River

Monday, October 1^st, 2001

Session III. New directions in fats and oils technology (Chairs: Dr. James K. Daun and Mr. Fred Buschau).

8:30 a.m. Keynote speaker: Jens Christian Sørensen (Royal Vet. And Agriculture, University, Denmark): Biorefining of oilseed crops based on green chemistry technologies.

9:10 a.m. Michael F. Cox (Sasol North-America): The surfactants arena — a perspective.

9:20 a.m. Dhananjay Dendukuri (Dept. of Chemical Engineering, U. of Toronto): Preparation of mustard protein isolates: an aqueous process using microfiltration and enzyme treatment.

9:50 a.m. Coffee break and poster presentations

10:30 a.m. Keynote speaker: Mark Matlock (ADM Decatur): Nutritional benefits of diacylglycerides.

11:10 a.m. David T. Balke (Dept. of Chemical Engineering, U. of Toronto): The simultaneous extraction of protein and oil from white mustard seed flour.

11:30 a.m. Rodrigo. J. Campo (Dept. of Food Science, U. of Guelph): Effects of cooling rate and shear on the crystallization behavior of cocoa butter.

11:50 a.m. Lunch break

Session IV. Consumer attitudes about fats and oils (Chair: Dr. Rachael Scarth)

1:20 p.m. Keynote speaker: Anne Kennedy (President of the National Institute of Nutrition, Ottawa): Consumer awareness of and attitudes towards functional foods.

2:00 p.m. Dale Adolphe (Canola Council of Canada, Winnipeg): An overview of Canadian canola industry

2:20 p.m. Shaun W. Crew: Hemp seed oil — achieve essential balance

2:40 p.m. Coffee break

3:00 p.m. Keynote speaker: Dr. Alison M. Stephen (CanTox Health Sciences International, Guelph, Canada): Nutrition recommendations and the proposed food label — where does science fit?

3:40 p.m. Announcement of the Graduate Student Awards

4:00 p.m. End of the session

4:30 p.m. Meeting of the Expert Committee on Fats, Oils and Other Lipids.

Poster presentation

Poster #1 - Dr. Nezile Azcan: Kernel oil compositions of pistachio nuts (Pistacia vera L.) cultivated in Turkey.

Poster #2 - Dr. Sedat H. Beis: Pilot scale solvent extraction of laurel (Laurus nobilis L.) seed oil.

Poster #3 - Ingrid Botha: Protective effect of meal on lipids of flax and solin (Linum usitatissimum).

Poster #4 - Denise E. Fair: Early dietary soy protein intervention affects chronic renal disease and fatty acid compositions.

Poster #5 - June Kohut: Dietary supplementation with a 6.0:1.0 ratio of arachidonic acid and docosahexaenoic acid in varied amounts alters tissue fatty acid status in formula-fed small-for-gestational age piglets.

Poster #6 - J. P. Raney: Oil content and composition of the falx germplasm collection held by the Canadian seed genebank.

Poster #7 - Deepa Sankaran: Amelioration of elevated serum lipids and/or early renal disease progression by dietary n-3 fatty acids.

Poster #8 - Kerrie Vescio: Rapid methods for glucosinolate determination in canola and mustard using diabetic test kits.