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J. AOAC Int. Features Special Section on Trans Fats:
Update on Health Effects, Methodology, and Levels in Processed Foods
The September/October 2009 issue of the Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL features a Special Guest Editor Section consisting of six papers on “Trans Fats: Update on Health Effects, Methodology, and Levels in Processed Foods,” guest edited by G. Sarwar Gilani and W.M. Nimal Ratnayake of Health Canada. The collection includes several papers presented at the 122nd AOAC Annual Meeting and Exposition (September 2008), plus other invited contributions.
“This special edition provides worthwhile up-to-date information to consumers, industry, researchers, and regulators regarding methods of analysis, food composition, consumption levels, and health effects of trans fatty acids,” said Gilani, who also serves as a section editor (Food Composition and Additives) for J. AOAC Int.
Featuring this timely hot topic, the Special Guest Editor Section includes the following contributions:
- “Consumption and Health Effects of Trans Fatty Acids: A Review” by Shyam Mohan Teegala, Walter C. Willett, and Dariush Mozaffarian
- “Trans Fatty Acids: Current Contents in Canadian Foods and Estimated Intake Levels for the Canadian Population” by W.M. Nimal Ratnayake, Mary R. L’Abbe, Sara Farnworth, Lydia Dumais, Claude Gagnon, Brian Lampi, Valerie Casey, Dayani Mohottalage, Isabelle Rondeau, Lynne Underhill, Michele Vigneault, William Lillycrop, Mary Meleta, Lynn Y. Wong, Tran Ng, Yu Gao, Keri Kwong, Shirley Chalouh, Peter Pantazopoulos, Hasantha Gunaratna, Adeline Rahardja, Richard Blagden, Veronica Roscoe, Thomas Krakalovich, Gary Neumann, and Gary A. Lombaert
- “Levels of Trans Fats in Diets Consumed in Developing Economies” by Masood Sadiq Butt and Muhammad Tauseef Sultan
- “Trans Fat Labeling and Levels in U.S. Foods: Assessment of Gas Chromatographic and Infrared Spectroscopic Techniques for Regulatory Compliance” by Magdi M. Mossoba, Julie Moss, and John K.G. Kramer
- “Streamlined Methods for the Resolution and Quantification of Fatty Acids Including Trans Fatty Acid Isomers in Food Products by Gas Chromatography” by Pierre-Alain Golay, Francesca Giuffrida, Fabiola Dionisi, and Frédéric Destaillats
- “Review of Methods for Preparation and Gas Chromatographic Separation of Trans and Cis Reference Fatty Acids” by Pierluigi Delmonte, Ali-Reza Fardin Kia, Qing Hu, and Jeanne I. Rader
The Special Guest Editor Section appears in the September/October 2009 issue of J. AOAC Int. For additional information on this special section, please contact Catherine Wattenberg, at cwattenberg@aoac.org. To subscribe to J. AOAC Int. or to purchase reprints of the Special Section, contact Custome Service at CustomerService@aoac.org or Tel: +1-301-924-7077 ext. 170, or visit
http://www.aoac.org/pubs/jaoac.htm .
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