28 April 2025

Mineral oil hydrocarbon (MOH) is an important emerging issue locally and globally. Having excellent miscibility with oils and fats, MOH contaminants could enter the supply chain from many sources and the detection of MOH is important for preventive and mitigation purposes.

Despite the potential health concern caused by Mineral Oil Aromatic Hydrocarbons (MOAH) and/or Mineral Oil Saturated Hydrocarbons (MOSH) and these had been regulated by European Commission, accurate quantitation of MOAH and MOSH is still a challenging task. This is especially critical for supply chain control of MOSH/MOAH and these can be transfer down from raw ingredients to final food products.

The AOAC Southeast Asia Section (AOAC SEA), the Indonesian Food and Drug Authority, (Badan BPOM), and the Indonesian Pharmaceutical and Food Supervisors Professional Organization (PFMI) recognized its importance and collaboratively organized this workshop to increase the state of knowledge on MOSH MOAH analysis for Southeast Asia region.

The AOAC Southeast Asia Section (AOAC SEA) warmly invites members and interested individuals to submit proposals for scientific topics and presentations for the 2025 AOAC SEA 4th Annual Conference, to be held on 28–29 October 2025.

Building on the success of previous years and ongoing AOAC SEA initiatives, this year's conference will center around the theme: "Advancing Food Safety and Quality: Innovation, Standards, and Collaboration." The Scientific Program Committee will review all submissions and select proposals for inclusion in the conference agenda.

In collaboration with the Asia Pacific Metrology Programme (APMP), we also invite stakeholders to submit training proposals for the APMP Workshop, scheduled for 30 October 2025.

The deadline for proposal submissions is 30 June 2025.

SIG Laboratory has been a valuable AOAC SEA Organizational Member (Supporter) since 2024. Thank you for your dedication and commitment to AOAC SEA.

PT Saraswanti Indo Genetech or SIG Lab in short is a third-party laboratory service which is located in Bogor - Indonesia and the first Indonesian lab to be accredited ISO/IEC 17025 by the National Accreditation Committee for the scope of GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) before expanding the capability testing to other sectors. Our product testing analysis scope covers Food & Feed, Food Packaging, Cosmetics & Personal Care, Pharmaceuticals & Traditional Medicine, Pesticides, Antiseptic & Disinfectant, Toxicity Tests, Efficacy Tests, Research for Academic Purpose, and others.

We want to actively participate in realizing our tagline "towards a safer world", get information updates that are currently developing related to testing, and are ready to become a collaborator laboratory at AOAC.

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