The next Annual Meeting for AFOAs members will take place at the Grand Hyatt in New...
Last year's AFOA Annual Meeting was held in New York City at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Manhatten. This conference was a great success with over 350 attendees.
The American Fats and Oils Association is a non-profit organization. Our purpose is to foster trade and commerce within the United States and throughout the world for animal, fish, and vegetable fats, oils, and proteins.
The AFOA works to promote uniformity and certainty in the standards of such products and in the customs and usages of the trade; to promote friendship, sociability, and culture.
IMO Annex II Revision
The following cargos, mentioned in the last Transportation Committee report have been evaluated by the GESAMP working group. The evaluations have been forwarded to the ESPH for categorization under the revised IMO Annex II. They were given the same hazard ratings as the original 18 oils and thus will likely be categorized in the same fashion, namely; Category Y, requiring IMO Annex II type 2/3 double hull ships, and pre-wash for...
The American Fats and Oils Association has made arrangements to transfer the administration of its arbitrations to the American Arbitration Association as of March 8, 2009.
The new BSE rule changes effective date has been changed from April 27 until October 26, 2009.
