26/09/05 PETALING JAYA, (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB)Monday launched the Test Method Book and the compilation of the serialPalm Oil Congress 2005 proceedings from 1987 and 2003 in compact discformat.

This new version of MPOB Test Method is the latest of MPOB various methodsof test for fatty acids, fats in food application, palm oil and palmkernel products, soaps and other analysis related to oils and fats.

Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Datuk Peter Chin FahKui launched the book after officiating the bi-annual congress, whichstarted today.

About 1,500 participants from 43 countries are attending the internationalcongress.

The PIPOC compact disk will provide participants with a handy and easyreference to previous PIPOC conferences.

-- BERNAMA