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Terres Inovia's work taken to ISO in Japan

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Published on 07 March 2024

In mid-January, Vincent Jauvion, Head of the Seed Processing and Development Department, travelled to Japan. He arrived in October 2017 as head of the Terres Inovia laboratory based in Ardon (45), and since January 2024 has also been elected chairman of an ISO subcommittee (SC): "SC2: Oilseeds, oil fruits and oilseed meals", which is itself part of a technical committee relating to agri-food, TC34 within ISO, which publishes international standards (see diagram). "The aim of the TC34 meeting was to discuss and share the activities carried out within each SC (ranging from seeds to dairy products, meat, etc.) in order to coordinate the actions of the agri-food sector. The ISO meeting in Japan therefore concerned TC34 as a whole, and I spoke on the oilseeds and oilseed co-products section of SC2", explains Vincent Jauvion.

Standards to standardise exchanges

Standards are reference documents approved by a recognised standards institute such as Afnor, ISO or others. They contain solutions to technical and commercial questions concerning products, capital goods or services.
The standards for which Terres Inovia is responsible mainly concern analysis and sampling methods for seeds and oilcakes. For example, standard NF EN ISO 659 on oil analysis of oilseeds indicates how to operate precisely (equipment, products, operating procedure, etc.) to measure the oil content of seeds.

The standard is the result of a consensus between all the stakeholders in a market or sector of activity, which means that it is widely recognised and used, and can be relied on in commercial transactions.

An approved method for determining nitrogen

International positioning is only possible when national standardisation is active. This is the fruit of a synthesis between technical analysis and the collective interests of the industry, and can thus be defined and defended at international level. This is a task for technical experts, which also requires knowledge of the economic context and a capacity for conviction and openness in order to reach a consensus.

For example, the proposal to revise the Dumas method for determining protein nitrogen in oilseeds and animal feed (NF EN ISO 16634-1) was accepted at the Japanese meeting, which will now enable Vincent Jauvion to lead the revision work to keep this standard, which is widely used by laboratories around the world, up to date.

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La Rivista Italiana Delle Sostanze Grasse’s latest issue (RISG 4-2023)

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Published on 25 January 2024

18th GERLI Lipidomics Meeting: Final scientific program!

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Published on 05 October 2023

The scientific program of the forthcoming 18th GERLI Lipidomics Meeting is available online:

https://www.gerli.com/congres/welcome-to-gerli-18th-lipidomics-meeting/scientific-program/

The meeting will take place from October 16th to 18th, 2023, at the prestigious « Campus des Cordeliers«  located in the heart of Paris.

La Rivista Italiana Delle Sostanze Grasse’s latest issue (RISG 2-2023)

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Published on 14 August 2023

• A study of the fat component’s quality and quantity and their effect on the oxidative stability of beef and chicken meat burgers and shawarma in Amman area -Sarra Ould Hocine, Basem Al-Abdullah Al-Sawalha, Khalid Al-Ismail

• Chemical composition and biological activity of lavandin and lavender essential oils - Dejan Pljevljakušić, Sanja Kostadinović Veličkovska, Ljupčo Mihajlov, Aleksandar Čerepnalkovski

• Fatty acid composition of stems, leaves, flowers and seeds of some medicinal plants -Kagan Kokten, Sam Mokhtarzadeh, Erdal Cacan, Mehmet Ali Kutlu, Selim Ozdemir, Ridvan Ucar, Muammer Ekmekci

• Essential oils composition and bioactivities of most prevalent species of genus Piper in Malaysia: a scope review -Nik Nur Asyiqin Nik Mohammed Ainul Azman, Wan Mohd Nuzul Hakimi Wan Salleh, Nurunajah Ab Ghani

•  SHORT NOTE - fatty acids, triglycerides, tocol and sterol contents of oils of some Moringa seed varieties -Osman Kola, Sümeyye Gökalp Erva Parildi, Neslihan Özkul, Murat Reis Akkaya, Ali Emrah Çetin

• Da Georgofili INFO - Il contributo degli insetti alla produzione di lipidi -Paolo Bondioli, Elisabetta Rossi, Giuliano Mosca

La Rivista Italiana Delle Sostanze Grasse’s latest issue (RISG 1-2023)

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Published on 20 April 2023

• Composition of cold-pressed hemp seed oils: key elements of quality and authenticity
  Mara Mandrioli, Matilde Tura, Enrico Valli, Tullia Gallina Toschi

• Influence of olive fly (Bactrocera oleae) on the phenolic composition and antioxidant activity of four Algerian olive cultivars
  Lynda Medjkouh-Rezzak, Abderezak Tamendjari, Soraya Mettouchi, Khalida Bouarroudj-Hamici, Maria Beatriz Oliveira

• FT-NIR spectra analysis and processing to determine the quality parameters of various edible oils and chicken fat
  Askim Akca Mecit, Turkan M. Keceli

• Development and characterisation of olive oil based spreads containing different seasonings
  Mustafa Öğütcü, Elif (Dincer) Albayrak, Hatice Çokay, Emin Yakar

• Optimization of leavened dough frying conditions using the response surface methodology
  Semra Turan, Sule Keskin, Rukiye Solak

• Short note - Fatty acid composition of the seeds of two pepper varieties dried using different methods
  Hasan Pinar, Beyza Ciftci, Duran Simsek, Necati Cetin, Kagan Kokten, Muammer Ekmekci, Mahmut Kaplan

World Soybean Research Conference 11 (WSRC11): 18-23 June 2023, Vienna, Austria

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Published on 21 March 2023

For one week from 18 to 23 June, Vienna will be the centre of science, economy and politics around global soya-related issues. Hundreds of scientists, feed and food producers, processors and soya experts from all over the world will meet for the first time in Europe for the 11^th World Soybean Research Conference (WSRC11). Soybeans were first introduced to a world audience 150 years ago in the Japanese and Chinese pavilions at the World Exhibition in Vienna in 1873 – this was an important milestone on the way to one of the world’s most important crops.

The broad range of topics at the WSRC11 extends from the latest findings in science to market developments and the Protein Transition in Europe, as well as sustainability issues from climate protection to the current EU supply chain legislation process. The conference is organised by the WSRC Scientific Committee led by Prof. Johann Vollmann of the Austrian University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) and the organisation Donau Soja.

The international guests can expect an extensive 6-day program at the Vienna Austria Center. The major thematic blocks at the conference will be: Breeding, crop production and crop protection, the use of soya as food and feed, processing technologies, market development and policy topics. On 19 June, the conference participants are invited to a “Night of European Soy” with food producers at the World Museum. A gala evening hosted by the Mayor of Vienna in the Vienna City Hall and several excursions on the last day will round off the conference.

More informations (programm, registration...): https://www.wsrc11vienna.com/

3rd International Conference on Lipid Droplets & Oleosomes (22 and 23 May 2023, Wageningen, Netherlands)

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Published on 13 March 2023

The 3^rd International Conference on Lipid Droplets & Oleosomes will take place on 22 and 23 May 2023, in Wageningen, The Netherlands. The Conference will combine the most recent scientific and industrial developments in the areas of biology, food/soft matter, and oleosome/lipid droplet ingredient development. 

Confirmed keynotes:

• Prof. Eric Dekker, (Lipid Oxidation), UMass Amherst, US 
• Dr. Kent Chapman (Lipid droplet biogenesis), University of North Texas, US
• Prof. Marina Heinonen, (Food Safety), University of Helsinki, Finland 
• Dr. Costas Nikiforidis, (Oleosomes in Foods), Wageningen University, The Netherlands

The meeting will be hosted at Omnia, the new conference center of Wageningen University and Research ( https://www.wur.nl/en/location/omnia-2.htm )

Registration fees include lunch on 22 and 23 May at Omnia and dinner on 22 May at the historical “Hotel de Wereld” ( https://www.hoteldewereld.nl/en/food/lev-de-wereld/ ) 

More informations: https://lipiddropletsoleosomes.org/

La Rivista Italiana Delle Sostanze Grasse’s latest issue (RISG 4-2022)

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Published on 13 February 2023

• Evaluation of the phenolic content and antioxidant activity of sunflower seeds under deficit irrigation conditions
  Sıla Barut Gök, Yasemin Erdoğdu, Erhan Göçmen, Buse Salbaş, Tolga Erdem
• Oxidative stability of olive oils with supercritical carbon dioxide extracts of olive leaf
  Didar Sevim, Oya Köseoğlu, Fikret Pazir, Gülden Ova, Pınar Kadiroğlu,Yüksel Alper
• Variability of fat content and fatty acid composition of selected Jordanian fast foods and their impact on nutritional indices
  Zohra Kada Daili, Basem Al-Abdullah Al-Sawalha, Rima Mashal
• Combined use of some natural antioxidants in sunflower oil
  Betül Bozyokuş, Derya Arslan

OCL - Oilseeds and fats, Crops and Lipids becomes a “PCI-friendly” journal

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Published on 26 January 2023

OCL - Oilseeds and fats, Crops and Lipids, a research journal published by EDP Sciences, has embraced transparent peer review and preprints by becoming a “PCI-friendly” journal, in partnership with Peer Community In (PCI). PCI is a non-profit, non-commercial platform that publishes recommendations of preprints after peer-review through specific communities of researchers. Nearly 100 journals are already on Peer Community In, including two EDP Sciences journals: Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena (the first PCI-friendly maths journal) and International Journal of Limnology.

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‘Journées Chevreul’ 2023 at the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris

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Published on 14 November 2022

To celebrate the 80th birthday of SFEL -a scientific association promoting dissemination of knowledge in the field of lipids- and to thank all Chevreul Medalists who have contributed to the success of the ‘Journées Chevreul’, SFEL is pleased to announce the exceptional ‘Journées Chevreul’ which will be held on January 2023 in a famous place of science in Paris, the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle (MNHN). MNHN is one of the birthplaces of chemistry where Chevreul worked for more than 40 years and has isolated, characterized and named cholesterol.

These anniversary ‘Journées Chevreul’ will provide an overview of all the research themes on lipids supported by SFEL/AFECG since its creation and will be the occasion to award the Chevreul Medal 2023 to Michel Linder (LiBio, ENSAIA Nancy). They will take place on 3 consecutive days from January 18th to 20th. They will be boarded with an opening ceremony about Chevreul and SFEL followed by a series of lectures delivered by both Chevreul Medalists and invited speakers. Oral and poster communications will be also presented after selection. They will be organized in collaboration with Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle (MNHN) and our colleagues from three french scientific societies, the Groupe d’Etude et de Recherche en Lipidomique (GERLI), the Groupe Lipides Nutrition (GLN) and the Académie d'Agriculture de France (AAF), around the following 6 main themes (with scheduled speakers):

• Opening Session on SFEL & Michel-Eugène CHEVREUL – Claude Leray (FRA), Christian Ferault (FRA), Bernard Bodo (FRA), Hervé Plessix (FRA)
• Introduction Session on Omega3 in the Brain – Jean-Marie Bourre (FRA), Richard Bazinet (CAN)
• Genomic/Varietal selection & Oilseed Sector – André Pouzet (FRA), Thierry André (FRA), Jean-Denis Faure (FRA)
• Lipids, Nutrition and Human Health – Frédéric Carrière (FRA), Marie-Caroline Michalski (FRA), Cécile Gladine (FRA)
• Lipids in the Ocean, Microorganisms – Peter Nichols (AUS), Marie Vagner (FRA), Michel Linder (FRA)
• Lipids & Brain – Stephen Cunnane (CAN), Vincenzo Di Marzo (ITA), Fabien Pifferi (FRA)
• Lipochemistry, Emulsion & New Technologies - Charlotte Jacobsen (DNK), Romain Valentin (FRA), Laurianne Simon (FRA)

The complete scientific program is available on line.

Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 December 2022

Registration Deadline: 7 January 2023

More informations at: https://www.sfel.asso.fr/journee-chevreul-2023/