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Soyfood processing plant to begin operationsflake processing plant in Hiroo, Japan,with one-sixth the capacity of the newU.S. facility. John Baranowski is oper-ations manager for the Jefferson,Iowa, facility,

Nichii seeks to market its soyflakes in the U.S., Canada, Europe andthe Asia Pacific Rim. Richardson saidapproximately 200 tofu and soymilkmanufacturers in the U.S. and Canadaand a similar number in Europe couldbecome potential customers.

Producing soyfoods from soyflakes ruther than soybeans eliminatesthe washing and soaking steps used 10prepare soybeans. In the whole-beanmethod to produce soymilk or coagu-lated tofu, soybeans are soaked inthree limes their volume of water, thenare ground, and more water is addedbefore they are cooked. Flakes can beput directly into the cooker, Richard-son said.

"Underdeveloped countries don'thave the water resources we have. Sowe are looking at those countries aspotential markets as well," Richardsonsaid, noting that the company alsohopes to work with organizations inunderdeveloped nations to encouragesoyfood use.

Nichii has provided research fundsto the Department of Food Scienceand Human Nutrition at Iowa StateUniversity to analyze the soyflakesproduced through its process. LesterA. Wilson, professor in the depart-ment. said studies are under way at itstofu pilot plant to compare the yieldsof the traditional method of tofu pro-duction with the yields from using soyflakes. The university also will con-duct compositional analyses andexamine energy and water userequirements.

Nichii Co. of America. a whollyowned subsidiary of Nichii Co. ofJapan, plans to officially open a $7million soyfood processing plant inJefferson, Iowa, during April.

The new facility will produce full-fat soy flakes and is adjacent to an ele-vator operated by West Central Coop-erative. The cooperative will providesoybeans to the Nichii plant via con-veyors.

The automated facility is designedto produce 6 tons of soy flakes perhour. or 1,000 tons per month pershift, according to AI Richardson,director of marketing and sales forNichii Co. of America's Soy ProductsGroup. Although the plant will beginoperating with one shift, it has thecapacity to expand to three shifts,Richardson said. predicting two shiftswill be in operation soon after open-ing. The facility initially will have sixemployees.

At a planned grand opening, tofuand soymilk will be available for visi-tors to sample.

The facility will be pan of NichiiCo. of America, based in Torrance.California, under its Soy ProductsGroup. Nichii Co. of Japan. the parentcompany, is the fifth largest retailer inJapan, with approximately 300 depart-ment and grocery stores and annualsales of approximately $9 billion. Ini-tially, 50% of the flakes produced willbe shipped to Japan for use. The bal-ance will be used in North Americaand Europe. The soy flakes will bemarketed as an alternative startingpoint to soybeans in the production oftofu, soymilk and other soy-basedproducts. Company officials anticipatethe percentage shipped to Japan willdecrease as they develop markets else-where for the flakes.

Shigeru (Sam) Chikaarashi, execu-tive vice-president for soy flake devel-opment for Nichii Co. of America, hasbeen on hand since early December tooversee the plant's completion andstart-up. Chikaarashi has a patent onproprietary soy flaking equipment thathas been imported from Japan for thefacility. He is president of Asia Pro-tein Co. Ltd .. which has a similar soy

NOPA officialcalls for coalitionC. Lockwood Marine. vice-chairmanof the National Oilseed ProcessorsAssociation (NOPA), used a platformat an lllinois soybean growers' meet-ing in January to call for a new nation-

al coalition of oilseed producers andprocessor organizations. Such an orga-nization is necessary. Marine told theLand of Lincoln Soybean Association,to lobby the federal government toenact programs supportive of U.S.oilseed growers and processors and tooppose policies by governments andcoalitions overseas that are detrimen-tal to U.S. interests. (Marille's con/-me/Its are published in the Viewpointsection. Page 196.)

In early 1990, an ad hoc coalitionnamed the Oilseed Council of Ameri-ca was formed to influence Congressto include provisions in the 1990 FarmBill that would provide more supportto oilseed growers. Members of thatgroup included NOPA. the AmericanSoybean Association. the NationalSunflower Association. the NationalCottonseed Products Association, theInstitute of Shortening and Edible Oilsand the U.S. Canola Association.

Marine said informal discussionshave been held on formation of anational oilseed coalition.

Anti-carcinogenicsoy properties reportedCancer researcher Steven Barnes ofthe University of Alabama-Birming-ham told Illinois soybean growers thatthere may be micronutrients in soy-beans that protect against breast andprostate cancers. If further researchconfirms the initial theory, dietary pre-ventive measures eventually couldreduce the number of persons whoneed drug therapy or surgery to com-bat cancer, Barnes said.

Cautioning that further research isneeded, Barnes reponed positiveresults in experiments in culture stud-ies and with Sprague-Dawley rats. Hiswork was initiated, Barnes said, aftera friend's work with cheetahs in zoosshowed that cheetahs who were notgoing into heat would do so after soymeal was removed from their diet.Cheetahs are an endangered speciesand researchers were looking for waysto breed more cheetahs in captivity.Barnes was asked by his friend if soyhad any effect in humans, and thisbegan his research.

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Epidemiological studies showedlower rates of breast and prostate can-cers in the Far East, where diets con-tain less fat and more soy. he said. Hiswork has shown that soyfoods basedon soy milks lend 10 have more pro-tective effects. There seems 10 be lessprotective effect from highly-pro-cessed soy proteins, such as flours andisolates, he said. Stir-fry cooking tech-niques of soy foods seem to activatethe cancer-fighting properties, Barnessaid.

The Japanese are pursuing researchon health effects of micronutrients insoy, Barnes said, and he is seekingfunds 10 pursue further research.

Malaysian palm oiloutput expected to reviveMalaysian palm oil production isexpected to revive during March,which may replenish stocks that havebeen declining since November.

A U.S. Department of Agriculturereport earlier this year said stocks atthe end of the first quarter in 1990were about 947,000 metric tons (MT);stocks at the end of the first quarter of1991 were expected to be about570,000 tons.

Total production for the 1989/90marketing year was estimated at 6.41million MT and is forecast at 6.25MMT for 1990/91.

Malaysia's Department of Statisticsreponed November 1990 production at494,000 MT, about 13% below Octo-ber and 22% below November 1989;December production is estimated tohave fallen 15-20%. Palm oil pricesbegan to rise in mid-November.

Olive oil productionto drop in 1990-91World olive oil production is expectedto total 1.6 million metric tons (MT)in 1990-91. a drop from the nearly 1.8million MT produced during 1989-90,according to figures released by theInternational Olive Oil Council(lOOC) at its 63rd session held inMadrid, Spain, during December.

Despite the drop, 1990 -91 produc-tion is projected to surpass the 1.4million MT produced during the1988---89 crop year. Olive productionoccurs in "on-off' annual productioncycles, which affect the resultant oliveoil production.

The 12 European Economic Com-munity (EEC) countries lead in worldproduction of olive oil, with Spain the (continued Oil nest page}

No. I producer. The EEC countriesproduced slightly more than I millionMT (MMT) of olive oil in 1988-89;1.45 M MT in 1989-90. and areexpected to produce about 1.16 MMTin 1990-91. Spain's productiontotaled 399,400 MT in 1988-89,550,800 MT in 1989-90 and 612,200

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MT in 1990-91. Italy is the second TABLE 1largest producer. Japanese Production, Imports or Fats and Oils

The IOOC marked its 30th year atthe meeting and celebrated the III 1989 1985 1981World Olive Year. King Juan Carlos I Vegetable oilof Spain officiated al the closing cer- Soybean" 658 713 664emonies. ',po=!" 725 602 511

The session focused on the inter- Palm. palm kemelb 274 181 157national olive oil and table olive mar- Com genn" 96 87 71

kets and on plans 10step up promo- Rice bran" 79 93 98COCOllUto 64 72 83tional campaigns and technical coop- Other vcgctableO 186 197 192

ereuoo programs. The council said itwill continue an international cam- TOTAL 2.081 1,945 1.776paign to promote olive oil 10 con-

Animal and fish oilssumers in the United States and Aus-tralia as well as to other markets such Fish oila 390 387 296

Tallow'l 62 60 51as Japan and nonhern European Tallowh 124 95 132countries. Laro" 244 206 153

IOOC announced it wilt compile """,oh 36 89 46an encyclopedia on the olive tree. In

TOTAL 856 831 678addition, it is seeking financial sup·port from the United Nations Confer-

Q Production.ence on Trade and Development b lmpons.(UNCfAD) Common Fund for Corn-modities for its technical cooperativework.

IOOC will hold its 64th session onMay 27-31. 1991. in Yugoslavia. TABLE 2

Japanese Use of Oils and Fats

1989 1985 1981Japanese producing, Edible oil

Vegetable 1.852 1,691 1.539using more oils, fats Animal 328 334 325Japanese federal ministries have Inedible oilreleased several reports on produc- Vegetable 239 208 201lion, consumption and use of fats and Animal 335 226 193

Exported oiloils in Japan. Vegetable 10 17 14Data from the Ministry of Agricul- Animal 189 266 179

ture, Forestry and Fisheries show Subtotalsproduction of vegetable oils during Vegetable 2,101 1.916 1,7541989 totaled 2.08 million metric tons Animal 852 826 697(MMT). down slightly from the 2.10 GRAND TOTAL 2.953 2.742 2.451MMT of 1988. Prcducrton by corn-modity is shown in Table I.

Production and imports of animaland fish oils were 856,000 Ions in1989. about 95% of the 1988 level,the ministry said. Data for previous TABLE 3years are shown in Table I. Japanese Mayonnaise. Dressings Production

Crushing capacity in Japan in1988 was 8.923 million metric tons, 1989 1985 1981while actual crush total was 6.365MMT, the ministry said. There were Mayonnaise 216.0 203.6 189.8123 crushing plants, with 44 having Dressingsa capacity of more than 100 tons a Salad dressings 4.0 3.6 3.0day, the report said. Liquid.type dressings 62.2 38.5 21.2

Total consumption of edible and Other dressings 7.1 7.4 8.7inedible fats and oils during 1989 GRANOTQTAL 289.4 253.1 222.8

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ric tons (MT). compared to 707,000MT for the same period the previousyear. according to a report from theInternational Association of Fish MealManufacturers.

Fish meal production also wasdown by about 12%. the report said.Chile's production declined 10795,000 MT from 1,006.000 MT.Denmark fell 10214,000 MT from282.000 MT. and Norway reponed adecline 10 128.000 from 163,000 MT.Also reponing declines were SouthAfrica (including Southwest Africa)and the United States. Peru and Ice-land reported a fish meal productionincrease. Total fish meal productionwas about 2.5 million MT. compared102.8 million MT for the same periodthe previous year.

Chile declared a moratorium onfishing in its northern fisheries regionfor anchovy until March 15. and forsardine from Jan. 21 to March 4, 1991.

to the results of a study published inthe December 1990 issue of Hyper-tension, a publication of the AmericanHeart Association.

Peter Singer and colleagues fromthe Division of Clinical Research,Omega Pharma GmbH. Berlin. Ger-many, found that fish oil (9 glday)was as effective as propranolol inlowering the blood pressure of malepatients with mild essential hyperten-sion. The simultaneous intake of fishoil plus propranolol was more effec-,rive than either treatment alone. theauthors said.

was 2.953 MMT, compared 10 morethan 3 MMT in 1988. the ministrysaid (Table 2).

The Japanese Ministry of Healthand Welfare has reported that themean daily intake of fat is steadilyincreasing. although it is still consid-ered low by Western standards.

In 1988. the Japanese derived. onaverage. 25.5% of their calories fromfat, as compared with 24.5% in 1985and 23.6% in 1980. The amount ofcalories derived from animal fat hasremained steady at about 48% of thetotal (at content.

Production of mayonnaise andsalad dressings in 1989 was 289.400tons. an increase from 1988 's 282.066tons (Table 3). January-September 1990

fish oil production fallsFish oil production in major exportingcountries declined during the firstthree quarters of 1990 to 580,000 met-Saudis expanding

peanut acreagePeanut acreage in Saudi Arabia isbeing expanded under efforts of a firmnamed Golden Grass Inc .. accordingto a U.S. Department of Agriculturereport from Riyadh, with the possibili-ty that Saudi Arabia could become an"important exporter of peanuts in thecoming three to five years."

Peanut is being promoted as a sum-mer crop to be grown in rotation withwheal. About 760 hectares were plant-ed in 1989 yielding 4.500 tons. subse-quently exported to Europe. For 1990,approximately I. I20 hectares wereplanted with December harvest yieldsreportedly about 4-6 tons an acre.

The USDA report said resources,technology and lime for producingpeanuts are available. particularly as asecond crop after wheat, the majorfield crop in Saudi Arabia. The dryclimate is suitable for production ofhigh-quality peanuts with low mois-ture and aflatoxin content.

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TABLE I

Soviet Oilseed. Vegetable Oil Production (000 metric Ions)

Production Imports Use in food,

Commodity 1989 1990 •989 '990 1989 .990

Soybeans 95<5 920 100 100 41 45Soybean oil 256 266 202 .90 458 45<5

Cottonseed 5,320 5.400 0 0 0 0Coecnseed ciI 125 735 0 0 125 735

Sunflowerseed 7.070 6,800 0 0 60 60Sunflower oil 2.332 2.260 366 250 2.593 2.430

Total oilseed 13.999 13.837 165 165 .68 112Total oils 3,489 3,425 1,126 1,063 4,061 3.9[6

1990 Soviet oilseed crop may be down lO%The 1990 oilseed harvest in the SovietUnion may be 5-10% below that of ayear ago. despite good production insome crops. a U.S. Department ofAgriculture report from Moscow saidearlier this year.

Cottonseed production. for exam-ple. increased as higher yields offsetreduced acreage. Soybean and sun-ffowerseed harvests are estimated tohave been lower than in 1989.

Vegetable oil production is expect-ed to be lower. Vegetable oil imports

for 1990 are expected to include61,000 MT of coconut and 181,000MT of palm oil. In a Dec. 4. 1990.speech, Soviet President Gorbachevestimated first quarter imports of veg-etable oils during 1991 would beabout 277,000 MT.

Economic conditions delayedexpected oilseed and oilseed productimports during 1990. Final arrange-ments for Soviet usc of a $1 billioncredit from the United States werepending at press time, but some of

Hershey 'Desert Bars' sent to troopsHershey Foods has developed a heat-resistant milk chocolate candy bardesigned for desert or tropical conditions.

The company sent 144,000 of the "Desert Bars" chocolate candy barsto U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia during December under a contract with theU.S. Army. "The Anny gave these to the tTOOpSas a taste from home,"according 10 Hershey Foods' spokeswoman Bonnie L. Glass, who saidspecific:uions were 10 design a chocolate bar that would withstand heatover 100· F.

The ingredient listing on the label for the "Desert Bar" includes twoingrediems-c-waier and dried egg whites-not listed in the ingredientlabel on a standard Hershey's Milk Chocolate bar. The company said thebars are not available for general sale, bur a limited quantity were beingsold at the Chocolate World store in Hershey. Pennsylvania.

those funds could be used for oilseedsor related materials. On Jan. II. 1991.it was announced thai the Soviets hadpurchased 550.000 Ions of soybeanmeal using a U.S. agricultural creditprogram .

Bolivian oilseed cropmay set record in 1991Bolivia's oilseed production is expect-ed to reach record levels during 1991,according to a U.S. Department ofAgriculture report from Lima. Peru.

Acreage for all three of Bolivia'soilseed crops-soybeans, COil on seedand sunflowers-are expanding dra-matically, the report said. and yieldsfor 1991 should be above averagebecause of favorable growing condi-lions after the previous year's drought.

Soybean acreage is growing by5-15% annually and is about 195,000hectares in 1991, expected to yield405.000 metric tons (MT), comparedwith 230,000 MT the previous year.Soybean exports are expected toincrease to 175.000 MT from 70,000MT. Soybean oil production is fore-cast at 36,000 MT.

Cottonseed has become increasinglyprofitable and acreage has reboundedfrom 3,000 hectares a year ago to15,()(X)hectares for this year. There hasbeen speculation acreage may returnwithin five years to the peak level of50,()(X)hectares of the mid-1970s.

Sunflower production began threeyears ago and totals about 15,000hectares. A processing facility hasbeen financing crop expansion, offer-ing II soy-sunflower product to thedomestic market and for export toChile and Peru, the report said.

Three processing plants in SantaCruz oper •ne double shifts 10 produceabout 260,000 MT annually of veg-etable oil. Six small "cottage industry"level units in the Santa Cruz area pro-vide an additional 50,000 MT annualcapacity, the report said. while an80,000 MT/year plant in Tarija oper-ates al 12% capacity because of II lackof soybeans. Infrastructure. includingtransportation facilities, needs to beimproved before the crushing industrycan expand. the USDA report said.

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New rapeseed varietiesregistered in JapanThe Japan Ministries of Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries has registeredtwo rapeseed varieties for domesticgrowth. The two varieties contain noerucic acid, the announcement said.

The Natane Norin No. 47 variety isaimed at use in Aomari Prefecture' onnorthern Honshu. The Natane NbrinNo. 46 is for use in Fukushima Prefec-lure, farther south on Honshu.

New sunflower varietyoffers high oleic kernelSIGCO Sun Products of Brecken-ridge, Minnesota, has developed asunflower variety. SL 60, which pro-duces a high oleic kernel.

The shelf life of processed kernelsfrom the new variety is three to fivelimes higher than that of traditional

varieties, according to Navam S. Het-uarachchy, associate professor anddirector of the food science programat North Dakota State University.SIGCO officials noted the SL 60 veri-ely has an oleic con ten! of more than60% versus the 18% content of tradi-tional sunflower kernels. The sun-flower kernels look, smell and tastethe same, however.

Liposomes, lipoproteinschemotberapy carriers?A pair of new studies described in theJan. 5, 1991, issue of Science Newssuggest that drug delivery vehiclesusing liposomes or lipoproteins mayboost the safety or potency of anti-cancer drugs.

Whereas doxorubicin is effective intreating breast cancer, it is also highlytoxic to noncancerous tissue, especial-ly the hean. A study published in the

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Nov. 7, 1990, issue of the Journal ofthe National Cancer institute indicatesthat high doses of doxorubicin pack-aged in hposomes can be administeredto cancer patients with very little toxi-city and uncompromised efficacy.

Oncologist Joseph Treat at theMedical College of Pennsylvania inPhiladelphia collaborated with cancerresearchers from Georgetown Univer-sity in Washington, D.C., and heartpathologists at the National Heart,Lung. and Blood Institute in Bethesda,Maryland, in an uncontrolled trialinvolving 20 patients with advancedbreast cancer. The patients eachreceived an average of five high-dose(as high as 600 to 800 mg/m') intra-venous infusions of doxorubicin-lacedliposomes. Previously, cumulativedoxorubicin doses of 180 mg/m'caused significant heart damage. Treatreponed thai nine of the treated indi-viduals improved. with five experi-encing complete remissions of theirmajor metastatic tumor: there was an

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almost complete lack of toxicity.Although the trial was uncon-

trolled, it is backed up by animal datafrom the University of BritishColumbia in Vancouver. Treat says hewants to follow up on these findingsby participating in mufti-institutionaltrials.

Dutch researchers have takenanother. related approach to chemo-therapy packaging. P. Chris de Smidtand Thee r.c. van Berkel of the Uni-versity of Leiden in The Netherlandsbound methotrexate and Iloxuridine tolow-density lipoproteins (LDLs).which resemble liposomes with theirspherical shape and high lipid content.The advamage of using LDLs. accord-ing to the researchers. is that cancer-ous tissues exhibit an unusually highlevel of LDL receptors. allowingchemotherapeutic agents 10 be moreaccurately targeted to malignancies.And. because the body's immune sys-tem recognizes LDLs as natural, theycan evade the body's defenses againstforeign substances.

de Smidt and van Berkel reponedin the Dec. I. 1990. issue of CancerResearch thai the drugs bound 10 LDLcirculated in the blood of rats sixtimes longer than unbound drugs.They say the results warrant humaninvestigation of these potential drugcarriers.

Cargill purchasesChern-Staat LabsCargill Lnc. has purchased most of theassets of Chem-Stuat Laboratories.Neosho. Missouri. The firm, whichwill retain its name. will be pan of anetwork of laboratories operated byCargill's analytical services depart-ment.

Chern-Staat Laboratories offerstesting services in the areas of food.feeds and agriculture. and is a U.S.government-cenifled meat laboratory.It also is certified by the Japanesegovernment to test foods prior toexport to Japan. The lab offers envi-ronmental testing for water, wastewa-ter and groundwater, as well as onsiteinspection and testing for certain haz-ardous or toxic waste. As an indepen-

dent laboratory, it was certified byAOCS for the 1990-91 trading yearfor the analysis of soybean meal; italso had two chemists accredited byAOCS based on their participation inthe AOCS Smalley Check SampleProgram.

Chern-Staat founder Garrell Staatwill continue on as a consultant.Cargill has named Geoffrey Corbett aslaboratory manager and has addedmicrobiologist Many Burroughs to thestaff. Randall Ford will be the assis-tant laboratory manager.

According to the purchase agree-ment, Cargill has taken over mOSIassets and has an extended lease forthe laboratory facilities.

Yugoslavian firm to addproduction linesThe Yugoslavian finn VITAL has con-tracted with Alfa-Laval for delivery ofa new margarine production line and ashortening production line at VITAL'sfacility in Titov vrbas north of Bel-grade.

The margarine line will be able toproduce 4.500 kg per hour of tablemargarine, while the shortening linewill have a capacity of 7.000 kgs perhour. Alta-Laval estimates total capt-tal investment is about $5 million.Alta-Laval will provide equipment foremulsion preparation. pasteurizationand packing, with automated controlsystems. Cooling and crystallizruionwill be provided by Gerstenberg &Agger.

The new lines are to be deliverednear the end of 1991 or during early1992.

pean soy protein concentrate opera-tion-and fifth worldwide-based ontechnology and engineering developedby AOCS member Daniel Chajuss.managing director of Hayes GeneralTechnology.

Meanwhile, Soya Mainz has pur-chased a 25% equity in Solbar HarzorLtd .. fonnerly Hayes Ashdod Ltd., asoy protein concentrate manufacturerbased in Ashdod, Israel.

De Smet announcesnew activitiesDe Srnet Rosedowns has announced anew operational unit in the UnitedStates and a restructuring of manufac-turing operations at its Hull. England,manufacturing facility.

The U.S. operation, to be known asDe Smet Process and Technology, willbe based in Atlanta under direction ofPhilip Vando, executive vice-presi-dent. Offices will be at 2830 PacesFerry Rd .. Suite 880. Atlanta, GA30339 (fax: 404-434-5188).

The Atlanta office will offer ser-vices to the oilseeds. fats and oils pro-cessing industry, while applying "ourknow-how of solid-liquid extractiontechniques developed in Europe toother areas while at the same timeexpanding into food processing gener-ally," according to an announcementfrom the finn.

In Hull. the firm has opened a man-ufacturing unit for replacement partsof screen presses known as the "Cel-lular Manufacturing Facility," whichwill have three cells, or divisions.accounting for 90% of all parts pro-duced. These units are designated thelining bar cell. a round pans cell and ahard-facing cell. The new system willprovide improved quality and efficien-cy, the firm says. while controllingcosts and improving delivery time.

New tank farmplanned in ChinaTwo Japanese finns. Fuji Oil Co. andChi1 hOOCo .• have established a jointfirm with Lienyungkang Oils and

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Soy protein facilityslated for GermanySoya Mainz GmbH. a soy processorbased in Mainz, Germany. has con-tracted with Hayes General Technolo-gy Co. Ltd. of Israel to provide tech-nology and engineering services for asoy protein concentrate productionfacility it will construct in Gennany.

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Foods Trading Corporation to build aIO,OOO-(on vegetable oil lank farmduring 1991 in Kiangsu Province ineastern China.

The firms also intend 10 eventuallybuild an oil refinery. Oils to be han-dled at the lank farm will includepalm, palm kernel, coconut, soybean.rapeseed and others. The tank farm isneeded to accommodate increasingimports.

The new firm is 10 be known asLienyungkang Yungtou Oils and Fatsand Yungten Zhyang Xie Co. LId.with Chinese interests holding 51 CIt.ChQ Itoh Co. 42% and Fuji Oil, 7%.

Nisshin and Lipoidform joint ventureNisshin Oil M.ills of Japan, andLipoid, a German manufacturer ofhigh purity lecithin. have formed ajoint venture to produce raw materialsfor cosmetics and high purity lecithin.

Subsidiaries were fanned in Japanand Germany. The Japanese sub-sidiary, tentatively named "NisshinLipoid:' will sell high purity lecithinproducts in Japan. Oceania and Asiancountries. The German subsidiary willsell fine chemicals and specialty oilsfor cosmetic use in Europe.

In other developments from Japan.Nisshin Flour Milling Company hasdeveloped a milk substitute with a fatcontent of 25%. The substitute ismade by spraying fat on powderedmilk, so the resulting product is moreeasily soluble in water. Curren! tech-nology. according to the report fromthe Japan Oil Chemists' Society.allows for a milk substitute with amaximum of 19% milkfat. The finnplans to build a 200 ton/month capaci-ty production plant in the Chita facto-ry of Aichi Prefecture. and to sell thesubstitute through its Nisshin FeedCompany subsidiary.

A Japanese agricultural technologyfinn. Sukai Company, has developed anew cattle feed. made by mixing veg-etable oil with porous zeolite. lacticacid bacteria and other feed materials.Sukai began testing the feed inDecember 1990.

Soap + oil + water =dead bugsWith March come thoughts of gardens,and with gardens come insect pests.The National Cottonseed ProductsAssociation rewslener reports that sci-entists at the USDA Colton ResearchLab in Phoenix. Arizona. have discov-ered that an effective and nontoxicinsecticide can be made from ingredi-ents found in every kitchen pantry.

One tablespoon of dishwashingdetergent mixed with a cup of cotton-seed or other vegetable oil makes theconcentrate. One to 2.5 teaspoons ofthe concentrate mixed with a cup ofwater is effective against aphids.whiteflies and leafminers although itworks better on some crops than oth-ers. It can be applied with a handheldpump spray boule. Research continueson field applications. according to thereport. where some tests have alreadyspelled relief for farmers.

Cargill presidentJ.R. Spicola diesJames R. Spicola, president and chiefoperating officer for Cargill, Inc., diedJan. 29 of cancer.

Mr. Spicola had been with Cargillsince 1954. He became a member ofthe private firm's board of directors in1973, and was elected president in1984.

Mr. Spiccla, who had served as anoilseed processing plant manager forCargill, had helped develop Cargill'sinternational oilseed operations.

Names in the newsAOCS Member Anthony P. Bimbo,director of applied development forZapata Haynie Corporation inReedville, Virginia, was the 1990recipient of the Earl P. McFee awardof the Atlantic Fisheries TechnologySociety. The award was presented dur-ing a joint meeting held duringDecember with the Tropical nod Sub-tropical Fisheries organization. Bimbowas cited for his work in disserninat-

ing technical information regardingfish oil and his work in obtainingGRAS (generally recognized as safe)status for hydrogenated menhaden oil.The award is named for one of theAtlantic Fisheries Technology Societyfounders.

Augustine S.H. Dng. director of sci-entific and technical services for theMalaysian Palm Oil Promotion Coun-cil. is serving as president for therecently formed Malaysian Oil Scien-tists and Technologists Association.

Roanoke College hasinaugurated an annuallecture series in sciencethat will be named forAOCS member CharlesH. Fisher. a 1928 grad-uate of the Salem, VIr-

ginia. college. Inaugural speaker lastNovember was Basaam Shakhashiri, apast director of the Science EducationDirectorate at the National ScienceFoundation. Fisher has been author orco-author of more than 200 publica-tions. Since his 1972 retirement fromindustry. he has been an adjunctresearch professor at Roanoke College.

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AOCS member Theodore M. Neu-man has been named sales managerfor L.A. Salomon Inc .. a Sud-Chemiccompany, in Montville, New Jersey.Neuman will direct sales and technicalservices for the firm's bleachingearths to the edible fats and oils refin-ing industry.

AOCS member Ben M.Okator has been nameddeputy production man-ager (refinery) forPresco Oil Mills, Plan-tations and Refinery inBenin City. Nigeria. He

previously was with Anambrn Veg-etable Oil Products (Nigeria) Ltd.

AOCS member Vicki Tsujita (for-merly Vicki Hubbard) has beenreelected president of the JojobaGrowers Association. Other officersare Don Barroni Jr .. vice-presidentEd Borger. secretary-treasurer:Rhonda Travis, assistant secretary;and board members Hal C. Purcell,

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York City to Atlanta, Georgia. Mail-ing address is: Pulp Chemicals Asso-ciation, PO Box 105113, Atlanta, GA30348 (phone: 4040·446-1290. fax:404-446-6947). Wayne H. Gross isexecutive director; Manco L. Snappof Arizona Chemical will becomepresident in April, succeeding RobertT. SchoepOin of Union Camp Corpo-ration.

manufacturing facilities in Southport,North Carolina, and Ringaskiddy, Ire-land. Also, a number of sales and mar-keting people in North America andEurope will transfer 10 ADM. Citricacid is used in the food and beverageindustries as well as in pharmaceuti-cals, laundry detergents and variousindustrial applications.

Carole A. Whittaker. LawrenceEsterling Jr. and Ken Ludeke.

President George Bush in late Jan-uary nominated Rep. Edward Madi-gan of Illinois to succeed ClaytonYeuUer as U.S. Secretary of Agricul-ture. Madigan has been the rankingRepublican member on the U.S.House of Representatives AgricultureCommittee for several years. His con-gressional district is pan of Illinois'soybean-corn belt. Yeuuer, a formerU.S. Trade representative named Sec-retary of Agriculture when Bushbecame President. earlier had beenchosen to head the national Republi-can Party organization heading intothe 1992 Presidential andcongression-al elections.

L. Givaudan & Cie S.A. of Geneva.Switzerland. a subsidiary of RocheHolding Ltd., has completed theacquisition of the worldwide opera-tions of Fritzsche Dodge & Olcott(Foo) based in New York. FOO willbe merged into Givaudan.

Taiyo Fisheries Co. of Japan hasannounced plans to build a surimi (fishpaste) manufacturing plant in Alaskawith annual production capacity ofabout 20.000 tons. The product will besold in Japan. Changes in rules gov-erning cod fishing in U.S. territorialwaters prompted the decision to builda processing plant in Japan. Construc-tion cost is estimated at 9 billion yen.

Cargill Inc. has acquired a refineryand bouf ing plant in Turmero.Venezuela, from soybean processorLaurak. The facility processes saladoil, mayonnaise and related productsfor the Venezuelan consumer market.

Business briefsThe Pulp Chemicals Association hasmoved its headquarters from New

,Pfizer Inc. has sold its citric acidbusiness to Archer Daniels MidlandCo. Included in the sale are citric acid

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