Oils and Fats News September 2009
New Treasurer The group has a new treasurer following the resignation of Shane Lal. She is Dr. Sally Xiong, a postdoctoral research fellow at Auckland University. Sally’s research interests lie in natural products structure and biochemical efficacy in humans. Palm Oil Issues Both the Auckland Zoo and an Australian Zoo took steps in recent months to ban products with palm oil which included Cadbury’s chocolate containing vegetable fat (presumed to be palm oil). However on the 17th August 2009 it was reported that Cadbury had…