Canola Council of Canada

The name canola was registered by the Western Canadian Oilseed Cmshers in 1978 and subsequently transferred to the Canola Council of Canada in 1980. It included those cultivars containing less than 5% emcic acid in the oil and 3 mg/g aliphatic glucosinolates in the meal. In 1986, the definition of canola was amended to B. napus and B. rapa lines with less than 2% emcic acid in the oil and less than 30 pmol/g glucosinolates in the air-dried, oil-free meal. The oil was added to the Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) list of food products in the United States. 

L. L. Diosady, P. Sleggs, and T. Kaji, in Canola Council of Canada, 7th Progress Report Research on Canola Seed, Oil, Meal and Meal Fractions, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 1986, p. 186. 

M. D. Pickard in D. Hickling, ed.. Canola Meal Feed Industry Guide, Canola Council of Canada, Winnipeg, MB, 1993, pp. 4-5. 

Council of Canada (NSERC), Canola Council of Canada, is sincerely acknowledged. My sincere appreciation must also go my wife and children, for their imderstanding and support during the preparation of this manuscript. 

Two additional low-linolenic acid double-low rapeseed (canola) cultivars with incremental improvements in agronomic performance, Apollo (Scarth et al. 1995) and Allons (Scarth et al. 1997), were developed and released by the University of Manitoba. There was limited commercial production of these low-linolenic acid, double-low rapeseed (canola) cultivars in Canada. More recently, high-stability oil double-low rapeseed (canola) cultivars that have low linolenic acid concentrations (<3%) and high oleic acid concentrations (>70%) have been developed. These new high-oleic acid, low-linolenic acid, high-stability oil, double-low rapeseed (canola) cultivars have competitive seed yields and are commercially successful (Canola Council of Canada 2008). 

Canola Council of Canada. 2008. Canadian canola industry, overview of Canada s Canola industry, http //www.canola-council.org/ind overview.aspx. 

Thompson, K.F. 1972. Cytoplasmic male sterility in oilseed rape. Heredity 29 253-257. Thomas, P. 1992. Canola Growers Manual. Winnipeg, Canada Canola Council of Canada. Vincent, M.R.L. 2008. Genetic diversity and its relationship to hybrid performance in high eructic acid rapeseed. M. Sc. Theseis. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. 

Professional and technical assistance from B. Souza-Machado, J. Bandeen, D. Hume, J. Dekker, H. Lebaron, J. Weiss, J. Zilka, P. Gostovic, Q. Van de Vrie, J. Muscat and 6. Chu are greatful ly acknowledged as is financial support from the National Science and Engineering Research Council, Canola Council of Canada, and Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 

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Kolodziejczyk, P. P. (2000) POS pilot plant corporation— Canola Council of Canada Identification of waxes in canola waxes. 

Clandinin, D. R. (1981). "Canola Meal for Livestock and Poultry," Pub. No. 59. Canola Council of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba. 

In July 1980 the Rapeseed Association of Canada relinquished its charter and letters patent when new letters patent were issued to the Canola Council of Canada by the Government of Canada. 

Elson (1980) reproduced by permission of Canola Council of Canada and author. Se level well below detection limit. 

Ilsemann, K., Reichwald-Hacker, I., and Mukherjee, K. D. (1979). Chem. Phys. Lipids23, 1-5. Ismail, F., Eskin, N. A. M., and Vaisey-Genser, M. (1980). In "6th Progress Report Research on Canola Seed, Oil, Meal and Meal Fractions" (E. E. McGregor, ed.), Publ. No. 57, pp. 234-239. Canola Council of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba. 

In 1975, Tower, the first variety of rapeseed with low levels of glucosino-late and erucic acid, was licensed in Canada (Stefansson and Kondra, 1975). By 1981, six varieties of rapeseed with the above characteristics were licensed. In 1979, these varieties were given the trademark canola by the Canola Council of Canada. Canola types of rapeseed contain lower levels of glucosinolate in the meal than ordinary rapeseed (Table IV). The level of erucic acid in canola oil is equal to or lower than the level of erucic acid in LEAR oil (Table V). The only difference between canola and LEAR oils is that most canola oils contain substantially lower amounts of sulfur (from gluco-sinolates) than LEAR oils. 

The major pigments of rapeseed oil are the chlorophylls a and b, (Table 3.95). (Canola Council of Canada 1981 Niewiadomski etal., 1965) and their decomposition products pheophytin a and b. 

Canola Council of Canada (1981) Canola, A New Oilseed for Winnipeg. 

Vaccarino, C. (1977) Riv. Ital. Sostanze Grasse, 54,183. Vaisey-Genser, M. and Eskin, N.M.A. (1982) Canola, Canola Council of Canada, Winnipeg. 

McCurdy, A.R. (1990) Interesterification, 9th Project Report Research on Canola Seed Oil and Meal, Canola Council Of Canada, Winnipeg, pp. 473-491. 

McCurdy, A. and Owusu-Ansah, Y. (1990) Enzymatic interesterification of canola oil, in Canola Research Summary 1987-1991, Canola Council of Canada, Winnipeg, p. 47. 

The development of the double low rapeseed placed Canada at the forefront of rapeseed breeding in the world. To distinguish the superior edible products derived from double-low varieties of B. napus and B. campestris, the Western Canadian Oilseed Crushers Association trademarked the term canola in 1978. The word canola stands for Canadian oil, low acid. This trademark was subsequently transferred to the Canola Council of Canada (the name also changing from the Rapeseed Association of Canada) in 1980. The success of canola can be seen from the approximate 7 million tonnes of canola seed produced in Canada each year, of which half is exported with the remainder crushed domestically. In Canada, approximately 90% of canola oil is used for salad and cooking oils while 50% of shortening and margarine oils are produced from canola. 

Professor Vaisey-Genser and I were commissioned by the Canola Council of Canada to write a booklet on canola oil suitable for dietitians and related health professions as part of their global strategy to introduce the oil to the world market. The first booklet covering all aspects of canola oil came out in 1978 and was followed... 

Daun, J.K. and Jeffery, L.e. 1991. Sedimentation. In Canola, 9th Report, Canola Council of Canada, Winnipeg, pp. 436 440. 

The authors thank Canola Council of Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and Syngenta Crop Protection Inc, Canada, for the financial support. The authors also thank Dr. Michael Eskin, University... 

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