AOCS Annual Report 2010 : Page 5
AOCS 2010 ANNUAL REPORT 5 Technical Services Technical Services, the foundation of AOCS, continued work on its goal of facilitating global trade and laboratory integrity. 2010 was another year to celebrate, with strong sales of the 6th Edition of the Offi cial Methods and Recommended Practices of the AOCS and continual prog-ress in method development, the Laboratory Profi ciency Program, and expert panels. Department highlights included: ● Several developments in AOCS Methods: • A pre-collaborative study on AOCS Offi cial Methods Ce 1j-07, Determination of Fatty Acids in Extracted Fats by Capillary GLC , and Ce 1k-09, Direct Methylation of Lipids in Foods for the Determination of Total Fat, Saturated, cis-Monounsaturated, cis-Polyunsaturated, and trans Fatty Acids by Gas Chromatography , generated results indicating these methods would become industry standards for fat analysis and labeling. A full collab-orative study began in July 2010. • As part of the Cognis QTA System, the AOCS Standard Procedure Method Ck 2-09, Determination of Various Properties of Biodiesel by the QTA® System Method , passed sub-committee vote in June and moved to the main vote in December where it was approved for inclusion in ASTM D6751 -10 Standard Specifi cation for Biodiesel Fuel Blend Stock (B100) for Middle Distillate Fuels . • AOCS Offi cial Method Cd 3-25, Saponifi cation Value , was revised after technical changes were approved by the Uniform Methods Committee and implemented by the AOCS Technical Services Department. • A pre-collaborative study began on AOCS Recommended Practice Cd 28-10, Glycidyl Fatty Acid Esters in Edible Oils . This method will be used for the determination of glycidyl (glycidol) fatty acid esters (GEs) in edible oils using double solid-phase extraction (SPE) and liquid chromatography – mass spectrom-etry (LC-MS) using HPLC. ● The Laboratory Profi ciency Program continued to excel in helping laboratories achieve technical excellence and peak performance. In 2010, the Tallow and Grease and Olive Oil series saw signifi cant participation increases. ● Technical Director, Richard Cantrill, continued to lead AOCS olive oil, process contaminants, and biodiesel expert panels. ● Technical Specialist, Gina Clapper, received the National Biodiesel Board’s (NBB) 2010 “Eye on Biodiesel Award.” AOCS Technical Liaison Technical Services represents AOCS at numerous trade shows and events each year. Notable in 2010 were: • NBB Biodiesel Conference and Expo (Grapevine, Texas, USA) • Second Annual Biofuels Law and Regulation Conference (Champaign, Illinois, USA) • AEIC Fall 2010 Meeting (Lincoln, Nebraska, USA) • 101st Annual Meeting of the Association of American Feed Control Offi cials ( Portland, Oregon, USA) • Algal Biomass Summit (Phoenix, Arizona, USA) • • • • • AACC International Annual Meeting (Savannah, Georgia, USA) 124th AOAC Annual Meeting and Expo (Orlando, Florida, USA) IOC Chemists’ Meeting (Madrid, Spain) NBB Biodiesel Technical Workshop (Jacksonville, Florida, USA) ASTM International D02 Petroleum Products and Lubricants Meeting (Jacksonville, Florida, USA) International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Activities AOCS is a liaison organization affi liated with ISO/TC 34 (Food Products), as well as the Secretariat of SC 16 (Molecular Biomarker Analysis), and the Administrator of the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for all TC 34 Working Groups, ISO/TC 34/SC 2 (Oleaginous Seeds and Fruits), and ISO/ TC 34/SC 11 (Animal and Vegetable Oils and Fats). In 2010, AOCS met with offi cials from the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) to discuss future partnerships in international stan-dards activities. AOCS also attended the second plenary meeting of SC 16 in Tokyo, Japan in February, 2010, as well as US TAG meetings in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA, and Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Soybean Quality Traits Analytical Standards Program The Soybean Quality Traits Program (SQT) continued to receive funding from the United Soybean Board (USB Project 1225 and 1311), with the purpose of increasing confi dence in analytical measurement throughout the soybean industry. This is accomplished through the dedicated pro-fi ciency scheme, the new method development committees, the low-linolenic survey, and open lines of communication. In 2010, SQT helped bring Monsanto’s Crop Analytics Mobile Laboratory (CAML) to the 101st AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo for tours and dem-onstrations. At the AOCS Annual Meeting, SQT was invited to contribute a chapter to an AOCS monograph entitled Designing Soybeans for 21st Century Markets . The Program Manager represented SQT and AOCS at various conferences in 2010, including: • USB Seed Composition Meeting (St. Louis, Missouri, USA) • Pittcon (Orlando, Florida, USA) • Commodity Classic (Anaheim, California, USA) • Ag Innovation Showcase (St. Louis, Missouri, USA) • 2010 Center for Analytical Instrumentation Development meeting (West Lafayette, Indiana, USA) • International Diff use Refl ectance Conference (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA) • 13th Biennial Molecular & Cellular Biology of the Soybean Conference (Durham, North Carolina, USA) • National Conference on Weights and Measures Grain Analyzer Sector (Kansas City, Missouri, USA) • Soya & Oilseed Summit (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) • Federation of Analytical Chemistry & Spectroscopy Societies meet-ing (Raleigh, North Carolina, USA) • USB CONNECTIONS (St. Louis, Missouri, USA) • ASTA Corn & Sorghum and Soybean Seed Research Conference 2010 (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
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