526.    ---------------.  [CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES.]  Fischer-Tropsch Fats.  Vol. 64, No. 6, 1949, pp. 914-915.

                  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has made a study of synthetic fats and presents the conclusion that more information on all phases of the problem is necessary before large-scale fat synthesis is advocated.  It is not yet clear whether synthetic fats are suitable as human food.  The production of artificial fats for industrial use in the making of soaps, detergents, greases, etc., is practical and would release a like amount of natural fats for food in countries such as Germany, where fats are in short supply.  German capacity for synthetic fats production is 11,700 tons/yr. at present.