Latest Analytical Trends and Developments in the Food and Oleochemical Industries

The global food and oleochemical industries are booming. We are seeing more needs for advanced testing technologies and solutions to monitor product safety.

We cordially invite you to join our webinar, co-organized by Agilent Technologies and Air Products, and supported by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board and Gerstel LLP.

Agenda (Singapore Time)

2.00pm Welcome

2.10pm - 2.25pm Agilent GCMS Portfolio for 3 MCPD analysis

• Presenter: Lotus Saw (Agilent Technologies)

2.25pm - 3.00pm Automated Sample Preparation Solutions for the Determination of 3 MCPD and Glycidol in Edible Oils

• Presenter: Dr Christina Liew (Regional Application Chemist, GERSTEL LLP Singapore)

3.00pm - 3.30pm 3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol Esters (3-MCPDE) and Glycidyl Esters (GE) in Refined Edible Oils: A Case Study in Malaysia

• Presenter: Raznim Arni Abd. Razak (Senior Research Officer, Analytical & Quality Development Unit, Product, Development & Advisory Services Division. Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB))

3.30pm - 4.00pm Ultra-High Purity Gases for Instrumental Analysis of Food and Oleochemicals Industries

• Presenter: Stephen Mellor (Strategic Marketing & Product Development Manager - Specialty Gases, Air Products)

4.00pm - 4.30pm Solution on MOSH/MOAH Analysis Based on LC-GC Coupling and Automated Sample Preparation

• Presenter: Dr Christina Liew (Regional Application Chemist, GERSTEL LLP Singapore)

4.30pm - 4.45pm Q&A

4.45pm - 5.00pm Closing remarks

Presenter: Lotus Saw (Regional GCMSD Solutions Development Manager, Agilent Technologies)

Ms Lotus Saw, graduated with master's degree in science from University of Science Malaysia. She is currently a regional GCMSD Solutions Development Manager in Agilent Technologies. Lotus began her career as a Chemist, responsible for method development and method validation by GC and GC/MS in the environmental laboratory industry. She moved on as a Chromatography Product Specialist, responsible for pre-sales and post-sales activities for GC, quadrupole GC/MS and sample introduction systems. Prior joining Agilent, she was a Product Manager responsible for business development in SEA.

Presenter: Dr Christina Liew (Regional Application Chemist, Gerstel LLP Singapore)

Christina Liew is currently a regional application chemist at Gerstel LLP Singapore where she provides application and technical expertise support for automated sample preparation solution using GERSTEL MultiPurpose Sampler (MPS) in various industries. Previously, she gained her interest in analytical chemistry when she worked in an analytical laboratory in the fragrance industry. She then continued to pursue this interest and received her Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from National University of Singapore (NUS) which focuses on the miniaturization and automation of sample preparation techniques hyphenated to gas/liquid chromatography-mass spectrometric system in the analysis of contaminants in a variety of matrices. Since then, she has collaborated and worked in partnership with multiple key users in different industries to develop and automate customised analytical solution to monitor numerous analytes of interest in various matrices.

Presenter: Raznim Arni Abd. Razak (Senior Research Officer Analytical & Quality Development Unit Product Development & Advisory Services DivisionMalaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB))

Ms Raznim Arni Abd. Razak is a Senior Research Officer under the Product Development and Advisory Services Division at the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) and has been working since 2006. Ms Raznim is working on the analytical methods in the area of food safety related to palm oil, especially for the determination of 3-MCPD esters (3-MCPDE) and Glycidyl esters (GE) in refined edible oils and fats. Her research interest covers the application of GC-MS, LC-MS/MS, GC-HRMS, NMR, GC-QTOF and LC-QTOF analyses. Ms Raznim holds a bachelor's degree in Analytical Chemistry from University of Science Malaysia (USM) and a master's degree in Analytical Chemistry and Instrumentation from University of Malaya (UM). She is currently pursuing her PhD in the area of phytochemistry in University Putra Malaysia (UPM). Besides doing research, Ms Raznim also actively involves as the internal auditor for ISO 9001:2015 and technical manager for ISO 17025:2017 accreditation. In addition, Ms Raznim is also a permanent member for Jawatankuasa Kecil Codex Kebangsaan (JKCK) for Contaminants in Foods (CF) at the Ministry of Health, Malaysia. Previously, she was a member in the Electronic Working Group (EWG) for drafting the Code of Practice (CoP) for the reduction of 3-MCPDE and GE in refined edible oils.

Presenter: Stephen Mellor (Strategic Marketing & Product Development Manager - Specialty Gases, Air Products)

Stephen Mellor has 20 years of experience in technical sales and product development of specialty gases for a broad range of industries including air emissions monitoring and pollution control.