MOSTA activities serve one main purpose: To bring the latest and best on oil and fats information and practices to our members and others. For the latest activities/events of MOSTA, please click here.
Talks and Lectures
Teach-ins, short courses, lectures, symposia, workshops and other scientific meetings for members and others are presented by expert lecturers. We cover both upstream and downstream oils and fats issues in both the Science & Technology side as well as areas of Management, Commerce & Agriculture.For Science and Technology we have held:
- Teach-In on "Biotechnology for the Oils and Fats Industry"
- Workshop on "IHI Fundabac Filters" • MOSTA Short Course on "Analytical Techniques, Quality Control and Food Hygiene in the Oils and Fats Industry"
- MOSTA Forum on "Genetically Modified Foods"
For Management, Commerce & Agriculture, some of our activities have been:
- MOSTA Workshop on "R&D Management for Productivity and Profitability"
- MOSTA Symposium on "Recent Advances in the Oil Palm Sector"
- Teach-In on "Practical Approach to Price Forecasting of Palm Oil"
- MOSTA Short Course on "Oils and Fats Processing and Uses: Food Regulations, HACCP, Safety and Development in Processing Technology"
- MOSTA Seminar on "Recent Advances in the Oil Palm Sector: Agriculture, Plantation Management, End-Uses and Nutrition"
Publications
Beginning 1992, MOSTA publishes a semi-annual journal called Malaysian Oil Science and Technology or MOST. MOST covers all aspects of oils and fats, and other lipid associated substance. It features the latest information on production and processing, engineering and technology, end-uses and application, nutrition and health, transport and storage, market trends, futures trading and others. For more information on MOST articles, submissions and subscriptions, please click here.