1 Food Standards Australia New Zealand Proceedings of the sixth OCEANIAFOODS Conference Brisbane, Australia 8 - 9 February 2002 2 © Food Standards Australia New Zealand 2004 ISBN 0 642 34515 5 Published December 2003 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from Food Standards Australia New Zealand Food (FSANZ). Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the Information Officer, Food Standards Australia New Zealand, PO Box 7168, Canberra BC, ACT 2610. An electronic version of this work is available on the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) website at http://www.foodstandards.gov.au . This electronic version may be downloaded, displayed, printed and reproduced in unaltered form only for your personal, non-commercial use or use within your organisation. Food Standards Australia New Zealand Australia New Zealand PO Box 7186 PO Box 10599 Canberra BC ACT 2610 Wellington Australia New Zealand Tel +61 2 6271 2241 Tel +64 4 473 9942 Fax +61 2 6271 2278 Fax +64 4 473 9855 Email [email protected] Email [email protected] Edited by Judy Cunningham & Luisa Trevisan 3 CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .......................................................................................................6 FOREWORD............................................................................................................................7 MEETING PRÉCIS.................................................................................................................8 SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND RESOLUTIONS FROM THE SIXTH OCEANIAFOODS CONFERENCE....................................................................................12 OPENING ADDRESS AND WELCOME TO DELEGATES...........................................15 DR JUDY CUNNINGHAM ........................................................................................................15 KEYNOTE ADDRESS..........................................................................................................18 HONORARY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HEATHER GREENFIELD ................................................18 COUNTRY REPORTS............................................................................................25 INFOODS ACTIVITIES INCLUDING A REPORT OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL FOOD DATABASE CONFERENCE, AUGUST 2001 ...................25 DR BARBARA BURLINGAME .................................................................................................25 COUNTRY REPORT: FIJI..................................................................................................26 DR W AALBERSBERG, MR S KUMAR, MR P RAVI ...............................................................26 REFERENCES.......................................................................................................................28 COUNTRY REPORT: AUSTRALIA..................................................................................33 MR GREGORY MILLIGAN ......................................................................................................33 COUNTRY REPORT: FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA ..............................38 DR LOIS ENGLBERGER ..........................................................................................................38 COUNTRY REPORT: NEW ZEALAND ...........................................................................42 DR NELOFAR ATHAR ............................................................................................................42 FOOD COMPOSITION DATA .........................................................................44 USE OF FOOD COMPOSITION DATA IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES..................44 DR BARBARA BURLINGAME .................................................................................................44 USES OF FOOD COMPOSITION DATA IN NEW ZEALAND .....................................45 DR NELOFAR ATHAR ............................................................................................................45 USES OF FOOD COMPOSITION DATA IN AUSTRALIA – THE ON-LINE NUTRITION PANEL CALCULATOR ..............................................................................47 MS LUISA TREVISAN.............................................................................................................47 NUTRIENT AND ANALYTICAL ISSUES................................................52 ASIA PACIFIC FOOD ANALYSIS NETWORK ..............................................................52 DR PIETER SCHEELINGS ........................................................................................................52 4 ANALYSES FOR PROVITAMIN A CAROTENOIDS IN THE PACIFIC REGION: BANANA, TARO, BREADFRUIT, AND PANDANUS.....................................................53 DR LOIS ENGLBERGER ..........................................................................................................53 FOLATE INTERLABORATORY TRIALS.......................................................................60 DR JAYASHREE ARCOT .........................................................................................................60 ANALYSIS OF FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINS IN FOOD COMPOSITION BY HPLC TECHNIQUE .........................................................................................................................63 DR NAHAR SYEDA ................................................................................................................63 THE DETERMINATION OF NIACIN IN CEREALS BY ALKALINE EXTRACTION AND HPLC – A TEMPLATE FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER THROUGH APFAN TRAINING WORKSHOPS..................................................................................................64 DR CRAIGE TRENERRY .........................................................................................................64 NUTRIENT RETENTION DURING TRADITIONAL PACIFIC EARTH-OVEN COOKING..............................................................................................................................74 PROFESSOR W. AALBERSBERG AND DR S. KUMAR ..............................................................74 CLOSING REMARKS..........................................................................................................83 DR JUDY CUNNINGHAM ........................................................................................................83 REPORT ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND RESOLUTIONS FROM THE FIFTH OCEANIAFOODS CONFERENCE.......................................................................84 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS...................................................................................................88 5 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The sixth OCEANIAFOODS Conference and the production of these proceedings was made possible by generous support from the following organizations: Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), formerly the Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA) Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO). Assistance with the organization of the conference was kindly provided by Dr Pieter Scheelings of Queensland Health Scientific Services (QHSS). 6 FOREWORD OCEANIAFOODS is a regional group of the International Network of Food Data Systems (INFOODS), working to facilitate interaction and collaboration amongst the three regional member food composition programs that are Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. Conferences are held every two to four years. OCEANIAFOODS conferences have been held in a number of locations in the Oceania region since the first conference was held in Canberra, Australia in May 1987. The second conference was held in Suva, Fiji, in November 1989 and the third, organised by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (Crop Research Division), in Auckland, New Zealand. The fourth conference saw a return of delegates to Suva, while the fifth conference was held in Noumea, New Caledonia in May 1998. This sixth meeting was held in Brisbane, Australia, in conjunction with the Second International Total Diet Workshop, convened by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The next OCEANIAFOODS meeting, the seventh, will be held in New Zealand. In these proceedings you will find reports of the presentations made as well as a set of recommendations and resolutions of the meeting. A précis of the meeting is also presented. Please note that Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) was known as the Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA) until July 2002 and prior to that, as the National Food Authority until the 1996 implementation of a joint food standards agency with New Zealand. Each of these names may be used in these proceedings depending on the context of use. You should be aware that the opinions expressed in these proceedings are those of the authors of the included papers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsoring organizations. Judy Cunningham and Luisa Trevisan EDITORS February 2004 7 Meeting précis The sixth meeting of OCEANIAFOODS was held in conjunction with the Second International Total Diet Workshop, recognising that, in the Oceania region, those working in the area of the nutrient composition of food are often also involved in many other aspects of the composition of foods, including studies on contaminants. The meeting opened with a thought provoking presentation from Dr Heather Greenfield on the difficulties that continue to face food composition workers in this region.