AOCS Laboratory Proficiency Program 2020/2021 Award Winners

 

Congratulations to all the award winners in the 2020-2021 AOCS Laboratory Proficiency Program. Winners are among the top 10% of analysts in each LPP series. We commend them for their dedication to conducting rigorous analyses in the lab. 

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Aflatoxinin Corn Meal

First Place

Joe Barney

USDA

Kansas City, MO 64153 USA

 

Aflatoxinin Corn Meal Test Kit

First Place

Tina Harrell

JLA USA

Edenton, NC 27932 USA

Honorable Mention

Frank Hahn

Hahn Laboratories, Inc.

Columbia, SC 29202 USA

Cindy McCormick & Ashli Brown

Office of the Texas State Chemist

College Station, TX 77843 USA

 

Aflatoxinin Peanut Paste

First Place

Marisel Corelli

JLA Argentina SA

General Cabrera CD X5809 BAS Argentina

Honorable Mention

Fabricio Lopresti

SGS Argentina SA

Florencio Varela 1888 Argentina

Juan Regnicoli

SGS Argentina SA

Villa Mercedes San Luis 5730 Argentina

Zhang Peng

JLA China, Inc.

Qingdao Shandong Province 266000 China

Carolina Casagrande Bedani

JLA Brasil Laboratorio de Analise de Alimentos SA

Marilia SP 17512-120 Brazil

 

Aflatoxinin Peanut Paste Test Kit

First Place

JLA Dawson Analytical Team

JLA USA

Dawson, GA 39842 USA

Honorable Mention

Judy Thomas

JLA brownfield

Brownfield, TX 79316 USA

JLA Colquitt Analytical Team

JLA

Colquitt, GA 39837 USA

Sylvester Analytical Team

JLA Sylvester

Sylvester, GA 31791 USA

JLA Albany Analytical Team

JLA USA

Albany, GA 31721 USA

 

Aflatoxinin Pistachio and Almond

First Place

Alina Hernandez

IEH Labs and Consulting Group

Fresno, CA 93727 USA

Honorable Mention

Laura Reina

IEH Kings Chemistry

Lost Hills, CA 93249 USA

 

Cholesterol

First Place

Imprang Chutiyanawat

Ligand Scientific

Northaburi 1100 Thailand

 

DDGS from Corn Meal

First Place

Dennis Hogan

SDK laboratories

Hutchinson, KS 67501 USA

Honorable Mention

Anders Thomsen

Eurofins Nutrition Analysis Center

Des Moines, IA 50321 USA

 

Edible Fat

First Place

James Houghton

AAK USA

Louisvillle, KY 40208 USA

Honorable Mention

Jerry Buttell

AGP

Hastings, NE 68901 USA

Konni Shipman

AGP

Hastings, NE 68901 USA

Eddie L. Baldwin, Helen Cianciolo, Derek Gum

Stratas Foods RDI Center

Bartlett, TN 38133 USA

Felicia Melendez

AGP

Hastings, NE 68901 USA

Travis Patterson

AGP

Hastings, NE 38133 USA

 

Fish Meal

First Place

Pete Cartwright

New Jersey Feed Lab, Inc.

Ewing, NJ 08638 USA

Honorable Mention

Paul Thionville/Andre Thionville/Kristopher Williams

Thionville Labs LLC

New Orleans, LA 70123 USA

 

Gas Chromagraphy

First Place

Oilseed Lab

Canadian Grain Commission

Winnipeg MB R3C 3G8 Canada

Honorable Mention

Jamie Ayton

NSW Dept. of Primary Industries

Wagga Wagga NSW 2650 Australia

Claudia Guillaume

Modern Olives

Lara VIC 3212 Australia

Zachary Martin

Darling Ingredients

Ankeny, IA 50021 USA

QA Team

Viterra USA LLC

Warden, WA 98857 USA

Sofrida Sofrida

PT Musim Mas

Utera 20371 Indonesia

Heather Compton

Stratas Foods

Quincy, IL  62305 USA

Razmah Ghazali

Malaysian Palm Oil Board AOTD

Kajang Selangor 43000 Malaysia

 

GOED Nutraceutical Oils

First Place

Edith Von Kries

BASF Personal Care & Nutrition

Illertissen 89257 Germany

Honorable Mention

QC Laboratory

Helene Jehanno, Eric Le Naour

Polaris

La Foret Fouesnant 29940 France

Laboratory

KD Norway AS

Brattvag 6270 Norway

Henriette Meiser-Zessner

KD Pharma Bexbach GmBh

Bexbach 66444 Germany

 

Marine Oil

First Place

Otelia Robertson

Omega Protein, Inc.

Reedville, VA 22539 USA

Honorable Mention

Lisette Van Schie

TLR International Laboratories

Rotterdam 3077 Netherlands

Matthew Rahn

Omega Protein Inc.

Reedville, VA 22539 USA

 

Marine Oil Fatty Acid Profile

First Place

Pete Cartwright

New Jersey Feed Lab, Inc.

Ewing, NJ 08638 USA

Honorable Mention

QC Laboratory

Helene Jehanno, Eric Le Naour

Polaris

La Foret Fouesnant 29940 France

Dana Walkenhorst, Steve Clotter, Dustin Le

Eurofins Central Analytical Labs

New Orleans, LA 70122 USA

 

 

NIOP Fatsand Oils

First Place

Melanie Greer

Dallas Group of America, Inc.

Jeffersonville, IN 47130 USA

Honorable Mention

George Hicks

Dallas Group of America, Inc.

Jeffersonville, IN 47130 USA

 

Nutritional Labeling

First Place

Helene Lachance

Trouw Nutrition Canada, Inc

Saint Hyacinthe QC J2R 1S5 Canada

Honorable Mention

Anders Thomsen

Eurofins Nutrition Analysis Center

Des Moines, IA 50321 USA

 

Oilseed Meal

First Place

Tyler Hack

Amspec

Webster, TX 77589 USA

Honorable Mention

Mumtaz Haider

Amspec

Webster, TX 77589 USA

Trevor Meredith

Solbar Food Technologies

Ashdod 7712102 Israel

Lidieth Solara Carranza

INOLASA

Barranca Puntarenas 6651-1000 Costa Rica

Robert Carr

RMG-PNW

Portland, OR 97218 USA

Jennie Stewart/Brad Beavers

Carolina Analytical Services LLC

Bear Creek, NC 27207 USA

 

Olive Oil Part A

First Place

Vera Chen

Catania Oils Inc.

Ayer, MA 01432 USA

 

Honorable Mention

Ryan Drazenovic

Pompeian Inc.

Baltimore, MD 21224 USA

Alex Vargo

Pompeian Inc.

Baltimore, MD USA

 

Olive Oil Part B

First Place

Vera Chen

Catania Oils, Inc.

Ayer, MA 01432 USA

Honorable Mention

Gwendolyn Truong

Sunset Olive Oil

Montebello, CA 90640 USA

Zhennian Huang

Catania Oils, Inc.

Ayer, MA 01432 USA

 

Olive Oil Part C

First Place

Vera Chen

Catania Oils, Inc.

Ayer, MA 01432 USA

Honorable Mention

Alex Vargo

Pompeian, Inc.

Baltimore, MD 21224

Ryan Drazenovic

Pompeian, Inc.

Baltimore, MD 21224 USA

 

Palm Oil

First Place

Tiam Huat Goh

PT Musim Mas

Medan Utera 20371 USA

Honorable Mention

Lin Hendrik

PT Musim Mas Martubung

Medan Sumtera, Utera 20244 Indonesia

Bee Suan Tan

Southern Edible Oils Industries Sdn Bhd

Kapar Selangor 42200 Malaysia

Kah Soon Ng

PGEO Edible Oils Sdn Bhd

Pasir Guidang Johor 81700 Malaysia

 

Peanut

First Place

Tina Harrell

JLA USA

Edenton, NC 27932 USA

Honorable Mention

Fran Fletcher

IEH - Douglas

Douglas, GA 31535 USA

 

Phosphorus in Oil

First Place

Angie Johnson

Keyleaf

Saskatoon, SK SN 2R4 Canada

Honorable Mention

QA Team

Viterra USA LLC

Warden, WA 98857-0010 USA

 

Solid Fat Content by NMR

First Place

Eddie L. Baldwin, Helen Cianciolo, Derek Gum

Stratas Foods RDI Center

Bartlett, TN 38113 USA

Honorable Mention

Ricardo Arevalo Bravo

Grupo Industrial Numar SA

San Jose Costa Rica

 

Soybean

First Place

Tyler Hack

Amspec

Webster, TX 77598 USA

Honorable Mention

Renato Ramos

Admiral Testing Services, Inc.

Luling. LA 70070 USA

Marvin Boyd, Jr., Luis Robles, Evan Melancon

Eurofins Central Analytical Labs

New Orleans, LA 70122 USA

 

Soybean Oil

First Place

Jill Cecil

Owensboro Grain Edible Oils

Owensboro, KY 42302 USA

Honorable Mention

Scott Schuldt

ATC Scientific

North Little Rock, AR 72114 USA

 

Specialty Oils

First Place

QA Team

Viterra USA LLC

Warden, WA 98857 USA

Honorable Mention

Anders Thomsen

Eurofins Nutrition Analysis Center

Des Moines, IA 50321 USA

Thomas Mawhinney

University of Missouri

Columbia, MO 65211 USA

 

Tallow and Grease

First Place

Kester Emefiena

Amspec LLC

Webster, TX 77598 USA

Honorable Mention

Zachary Dewilde

Sanimax

Green Bay, WI 54303 USA

Francois Leveille

Sanimax

Montreal QC H1C 1G2 Canada

Tony Mendez

JST Global LLC

Houston, TX 77011 USA

 

Trace Metals in Oil

First Place

QA Team

Viterra USA LLC

Warden, WA 98857 USA

Honorable Mention

Quality Assurance Team

Richardson Oilseed LLC

Lethbridge AB T1H 9P5 Canada

Jack Riley, William House

Eurofins Central Analytical Labs

New Orleans, LA 70122 USA

Eric Garand

Viterra USA LLC

Ste. Agathe MB R0G 1Y0 Canada

 

trans Fatty Acid Content

First Place (tie)

Jocelyn Alfieri

Silliker Canada Co.

Markham, ON L3R 5V5 Canada

Anders Thomsen

Eurofins Nutrition Analysis Center

Columbia, MO 65211 USA

Honorable Mention

Heather Compton

Stratas Foods

Quincy, IL 62305 USA

Jill Cecil

Owensboro Grains Edible Oils

Owensboro, KY 42302 USA

 

Unground Soybean Meal

First Place (tie)

Zhang Xianmei

Bunge (Nanjing) Grains & Oils Co. Ltd

Nanjing City 210038 China

Ma Yinxia

Bunge Chia Tai (Tianjin) Grain & Oilseeds Ltd

Tianjin City 300457 China

Honorable Mention

Jun Zhang

Bunge Taixing Grains and Oils Ltd.

Jiangsu 225404 China

Wang Qian

Bunge Rizhao

Shandong 276826 China

Augustin Rodriguez Arguello

Proteinas Naturales SA De CV

Guadalupe NL 67130 Mexico

Jennie Stewart/Brad Beavers

Carolina Analytical Services LLC

Bear Creek, NC 27207 USA

Quality Assurance Lab

Riceland Foods Inc.

Stuttgart, AR 72160 USA

Paul Thionville/Andre Thionville/Kristopher Williams

Thionville Labs LLC

New Orleans, LA 70123 USA

 

Vegetable Oil for Color Only

First Place

Hamilton Plant

Bunge Canada

Hamilton, ON L8L 8G7 Canada

Did you know that AOCS LPP has a MCT Oil and a Specialty Oil series?

 

The AOCS Laboratory Proficiency Program (LPP) provides an internationally recognized ongoing assessment of your proficiency assessing the quality of medium-chain triglycerides and specialty oils including determination of p-Anisidine value, fatty acid composition, free fatty acids, iodine value, moisture and peroxide value for these commercially important materials. Does your lab need to be proficient in this type of testing?

Enroll today!

MCTs or medium-chain triglycerides are triglycerides with two or three saturated fatty acids having an aliphatic tail of 8–14 carbon atoms. They are typically extracted from coconut and palm kernel oil. MCT metabolize differently than long-chain triglycerides (LCT). They are considered a source of healthy saturated oils and have interesting physiological functions. MCT oils are sold as health supplements, used in energy drinks and for diet/weight control. They are also widely used as carrier oils or solvents for flavors, oral medicines and vitamins. The Journal of the American Chemical Society (JAOCS) and Lipids published a joint virtual Issue on medium chain triacylglycerols in 2017.

The MCT Oil series samples are available for the Second (October 1) and Third (January 1) quarters of the LPP Program year.

The Specialty Oil series includes samples such as sesame, avocado, sunflower, palm and rice bran oils. Samples are sent out for all four quarters of the program year.

Both the MCT Oil and the Specialty Oil series are used to assess proficiency in obtaining:

·       p-Anisidine values (to assess the secondary oxidation) using AOCS Method Cd 18-90

·        fatty acid composition using AOCS Method Ce 1i-07

·        free fatty acids using AOCS Method Ca 5a-40

·        iodine value (standard measure of unsaturation) using AOCS Method Cd 1d-92

·        moisture using AOCS Method Ca 2b-38

·        peroxide value (measure of oil oxidation) using AOCS Method Cd 8b-90

Many of these tests and methods are also included in the CODEX Alimentarius for the characterization of the Standards for Named Vegetable Oils.

Analysts who participate in all quarters of the series can apply to be an Approved Chemist. Approval is earned by superior performance during the previous LPP year. Labs with Approved Chemists are featured in the AOCS Recommended Lab Directory. To learn more about the Approved Chemist Program, visit AOCS Approved Chemists.

If you have questions about this program, please contact Dawn Shepard, Laboratory Program Manager, AOCS, dawns@aocs.org.