The Third Joint Committee Meeting on Bilateral Cooperation on Commodities Between the Government of Malaysia and the Government of Republic of Indonesia in Bali, Indonesia
The Third Joint Committee Meeting on Bilateral Cooperation in Commodities between the Government of Malaysia and The Government of Republic of Indonesia was held in Bali on 25 April 2008. The Malaysian delegation was led by YB Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui, Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities and the Indonesian delegation was led by H.E. Dr. Ir. Anton Apriyantono, Minister of Agriculture, Indonesia.
Kota Kinabalu, April 14 (Monday) – YB Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui, Plantation Industries & Commodities Minister officiated the International Palm Oil Sustainability Conference 2008 (IPOSC 2008) at Sutera Harbour Resort, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. The 2-day event was organised by the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) and held from 14 to 15 April.
Washington International Renewable
Energy Conference (WIREC) 2008
Tan Sri
Datuk Dr. Yusof Basiron, CEO, MPOC, was an invited panelist at WIREC's
"Renewable Fuel in Emerging Markets."
His presentation, " Gearing Global Biodiesel Production
Through Malaysian Palm Oil."
I would like to refer to the article entitled Call to ban palm kernel imports which was published on May 5 2008 in your esteemed daily, The New Zealand Herald. The article, written by Mrs. Angela Gregory, calls for a ban of imports of palm kernel cake (PKC) to New Zealand because it was alleged that the palm oil industry has been contributing to rainforest destruction.
The Malaysian Palm Oil Council
is extremely disappointed with the Advertising Standards Authority’s
verdict. We do not feel that the advertisements mislead
in any way, and we stand by our claim that Malaysian palm oil
is produced sustainably. Malaysia has numerous laws in place
going back to the 1920s to ensure that we protect and nurture
our natural and human resources, which we are well aware are finite
and precious.
AHA Recommendations
and USFDA Legislated Health Claims Achieved By Partnering Palm and
Soybean Oils
In the 1980s, palm
oil as a food commodity oil began making significant inroads into
the marketplace, often at the expense of soybean oil. The anti-palm,
anti-tropical oil campaign that popped its ugly head in the mid-1980s
created the scare tactics that resulted in the removal of palm oil
from many food applications, especially those of solid fat formulations.
The anti-palm oil campaign is now openly acknowledged as a commercial
ploy by the competing oils against palm oil so that they could take
advantage of the marketplace. The void left by palm oil was flooded
by the use of partially hydrogenated oils and fats that were often
touted to be far more heart healthy than the palm oil components
that they so effectively replaced. This indeed signaled the rapid
increase of trans fatty acids in our foods and recorded peak levels
of consumption in North American and Europe during these periods.
These trends were often fueled by health messages that sought to
position polyunsaturated margarines and related fat formulations
as the healthy alternative to saturated “tropical oils”
despite higher content of trans fatty acids (TFA).
Choice
of Natural Or Modified Fats For Solid Fat Formulations: The Current
Health Dilemma
Globally,
current dietary recommendations are geared towards assisting consumers
choose low fat, low-saturated fat diets that are thought to be
beneficial for cardiovascular health. Recommendations have traditionally
focused on fat quantity and composition as a means of lowering
total cholesterol (TC) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
(LDL-C), which are independent risk factors for coronary heart
disease (CHD) [1]. To achieve these end-points dietary modulations
require not just a decrease in fat content per se but
a decrease in saturated fatty acid (SFA) and an isoenergetic increase
in polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) and/or monounsaturated fatty
acid (MUFA). Thus dietary manipulations require a control over
the fat composition in the diet by striking a balance between
the various fatty acid classes. The food we eat comprises a mixture
of both visible and invisible fats and therefore mixtures of fatty
acids. The net effect of such a mixture of fatty acids on plasma
cholesterol and the different lipoproteins would essentially be
the sum effects of all the fatty acids, some acting in opposite
directions to each other. It is therefore important to decipher
the key cholesterol modulating fatty acids to determine the cholesterolaemic
index of the fat or oil consumed.
Trans fatty acids
(TFA) are produced when oils and fats containing unsaturated fatty
acids are hydrogenated in the presence of a catalyst. Hydrogenation
primarily increases the melting range of the unsaturated fats and
thereby enables their incorporation into many solid fat formulations.
When an unsaturated fat or oil is fully hydrogenated, all the unsaturated
fatty acids are converted into their saturated analogues. Since
unsaturation in most vegetable oils is largely 18-carbon fatty acids,
namely oleic (18:1 n-9), linoleic (18:2 n-6) and linolenic (18:3
n-3), full hydrogenation of such oils would result in a steraic
acid (18:0), high melting block of fat. Partial hydrogenation, in
the presence of catalysts results in the formation of TFA.
Palm oil is the newest world commodity, but is
already the target of scare-mongering that mixes bad science with
poor knowledge. Those who would deny Malaysian palm oil its place
are putting out one-sided stories that appeal to romanticism and
nostalgia. | File size : 1.6 MB
Food insecurity is more typical of developing
countries, since developed countries often have in place the requisite
mechanisms for food production, storage and distribution. Developing
countries may lack one or more of these. | File size : 3.6 MB
How sustainable is oil palm plantation practices
in Malaysia? How does palm contribute to reduce global warming?
How beneficial palm oil is to your health? Know more about the facts
on palm oil by downloading our publications (All files are in PDF).
The Third Joint Committee Meeting on Bilateral Cooperation on Commodities Between the Government of Malaysia and the Government of Republic of Indonesia in Bali, Indonesia
The Third Joint Committee Meeting on Bilateral Cooperation in Commodities between the Government of Malaysia and The Government of Republic of Indonesia was held in Bali on 25 April 2008. The Malaysian delegation was led by YB Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui, Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities and the Indonesian delegation was led by H.E. Dr. Ir. Anton Apriyantono, Minister of Agriculture, Indonesia.
Kota Kinabalu, April 14 (Monday) – YB Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui, Plantation Industries & Commodities Minister officiated the International Palm Oil Sustainability Conference 2008 (IPOSC 2008) at Sutera Harbour Resort, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. The 2-day event was organised by the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) and held from 14 to 15 April.
Washington International Renewable
Energy Conference (WIREC) 2008
Tan Sri
Datuk Dr. Yusof Basiron, CEO, MPOC, was an invited panelist at WIREC's
"Renewable Fuel in Emerging Markets."
His presentation, " Gearing Global Biodiesel Production
Through Malaysian Palm Oil."
The Malaysian Palm Oil Council
is extremely disappointed with the Advertising Standards Authority’s
verdict. We do not feel that the advertisements mislead
in any way, and we stand by our claim that Malaysian palm oil
is produced sustainably. Malaysia has numerous laws in place
going back to the 1920s to ensure that we protect and nurture
our natural and human resources, which we are well aware are finite
and precious.
AHA Recommendations
and USFDA Legislated Health Claims Achieved By Partnering Palm and
Soybean Oils
In the 1980s, palm
oil as a food commodity oil began making significant inroads into
the marketplace, often at the expense of soybean oil. The anti-palm,
anti-tropical oil campaign that popped its ugly head in the mid-1980s
created the scare tactics that resulted in the removal of palm oil
from many food applications, especially those of solid fat formulations.
The anti-palm oil campaign is now openly acknowledged as a commercial
ploy by the competing oils against palm oil so that they could take
advantage of the marketplace. The void left by palm oil was flooded
by the use of partially hydrogenated oils and fats that were often
touted to be far more heart healthy than the palm oil components
that they so effectively replaced. This indeed signaled the rapid
increase of trans fatty acids in our foods and recorded peak levels
of consumption in North American and Europe during these periods.
These trends were often fueled by health messages that sought to
position polyunsaturated margarines and related fat formulations
as the healthy alternative to saturated “tropical oils”
despite higher content of trans fatty acids (TFA).
Choice
of Natural Or Modified Fats For Solid Fat Formulations: The Current
Health Dilemma
Globally,
current dietary recommendations are geared towards assisting consumers
choose low fat, low-saturated fat diets that are thought to be
beneficial for cardiovascular health. Recommendations have traditionally
focused on fat quantity and composition as a means of lowering
total cholesterol (TC) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
(LDL-C), which are independent risk factors for coronary heart
disease (CHD) [1]. To achieve these end-points dietary modulations
require not just a decrease in fat content per se but
a decrease in saturated fatty acid (SFA) and an isoenergetic increase
in polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) and/or monounsaturated fatty
acid (MUFA). Thus dietary manipulations require a control over
the fat composition in the diet by striking a balance between
the various fatty acid classes. The food we eat comprises a mixture
of both visible and invisible fats and therefore mixtures of fatty
acids. The net effect of such a mixture of fatty acids on plasma
cholesterol and the different lipoproteins would essentially be
the sum effects of all the fatty acids, some acting in opposite
directions to each other. It is therefore important to decipher
the key cholesterol modulating fatty acids to determine the cholesterolaemic
index of the fat or oil consumed.
Trans fatty acids
(TFA) are produced when oils and fats containing unsaturated fatty
acids are hydrogenated in the presence of a catalyst. Hydrogenation
primarily increases the melting range of the unsaturated fats and
thereby enables their incorporation into many solid fat formulations.
When an unsaturated fat or oil is fully hydrogenated, all the unsaturated
fatty acids are converted into their saturated analogues. Since
unsaturation in most vegetable oils is largely 18-carbon fatty acids,
namely oleic (18:1 n-9), linoleic (18:2 n-6) and linolenic (18:3
n-3), full hydrogenation of such oils would result in a steraic
acid (18:0), high melting block of fat. Partial hydrogenation, in
the presence of catalysts results in the formation of TFA.
Palm oil is the newest world commodity, but is
already the target of scare-mongering that mixes bad science with
poor knowledge. Those who would deny Malaysian palm oil its place
are putting out one-sided stories that appeal to romanticism and
nostalgia. | File size : 1.6 MB
Food insecurity is more typical of developing
countries, since developed countries often have in place the requisite
mechanisms for food production, storage and distribution. Developing
countries may lack one or more of these. | File size : 3.6 MB
How sustainable is oil palm plantation practices
in Malaysia? How does palm contribute to reduce global warming?
How beneficial palm oil is to your health? Know more about the facts
on palm oil by downloading our publications (All files are in PDF).
The Third Joint Committee Meeting on Bilateral Cooperation on Commodities Between the Government of Malaysia and the Government of Republic of Indonesia in Bali, Indonesia
The Third Joint Committee Meeting on Bilateral Cooperation in Commodities between the Government of Malaysia and The Government of Republic of Indonesia was held in Bali on 25 April 2008. The Malaysian delegation was led by YB Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui, Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities and the Indonesian delegation was led by H.E. Dr. Ir. Anton Apriyantono, Minister of Agriculture, Indonesia.
Kota Kinabalu, April 14 (Monday) – YB Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui, Plantation Industries & Commodities Minister officiated the International Palm Oil Sustainability Conference 2008 (IPOSC 2008) at Sutera Harbour Resort, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. The 2-day event was organised by the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) and held from 14 to 15 April.
Washington International Renewable
Energy Conference (WIREC) 2008
Tan Sri
Datuk Dr. Yusof Basiron, CEO, MPOC, was an invited panelist at WIREC's
"Renewable Fuel in Emerging Markets."
His presentation, " Gearing Global Biodiesel Production
Through Malaysian Palm Oil."
