CMC SOYBEAN OIL BULK TANKER (BULK SOYBEAN OIL TANKER)

Food allergies are caused by specific protein components of the most common allergenic foods (eggs, milk, tree nuts, wheat and gluten, fish, crustacea, mollusks, peanuts, and soybeans). While there are tens of thousands of proteins in any one food, only a few of these proteins have the ability to cause an allergic reaction. Edible fats or oils processed by typical U.S. procedures (including those employed by CMC) are highly refined, bleached, and deodorized and contain NO detectable protein. The high temperatures (~500oF) employed by edible oil refineries to remove the off-odor and off-flavor components from soybean oil during the deodorization process (in combination with the sparge steam and near vacuum conditions) would degrade any source of nitrogen (including that found in proteinaceous material) that might be present. An international study completed in 2003 headed by food toxicologist Sue Hefle along with food scientist Steve Taylor of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln confirmed that highly refined soybean oil does not cause reactions in people who are allergic to soybeans. Public Law 108-282 (the “Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004”) amended 21 USC 321 to define the meaning of the term “major food allergen” and in doing so specifically exempted highly refined oils and any ingredient derived from such highly refined oils from this definition.

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