Sunflower Exports

Our neighbors to the north are saying no to trans fat and yes to sunflower andamp;lt;a href=andam...  More »

Our neighbors to the north are saying no to trans fat and yes to sunflower andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/oilandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;oilandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt;. International Marketing Director for the National Sunflower Association John Sandandamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/bakken-oil-formationandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Bakkenandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; says new Canadian health guidelines are drastically cutting the amount of trans fat and saturated fat oils and processed foods can contain. He says sunflower oil is one of few oils that can meet the standards. By October 2009 all British Columbia restaurant and food service operations must reduce the amount of trans fat in their menus. Sanbakken says oils can only contain 2 percent trans fat per serving. He says the thought is the rules will be implemented nation wide. (John Sandbakken / NSA Marketing Director) andamp;quot;And what British Columbia has done is said we are going to speed that up we are going to do it October 1st. And what has been happening is that also makes restaurants have to convert over to non trans fat or very low trans fat in their products. So that just spurred alot of sales in that industry.andamp;quot; andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/canadaandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Canadaandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; is our number one export market. So far US exports to Canada are up nearly 60 percent setting a new record of more than 60 metric tons. And the year isn't over. Sandbakken says we should hit 70-thousand metric tons by the end of this marketing year.  « Less