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13/06/2013 (HealthNewsDigest.com) - By now, you know that you should be avoiding trans fats. As food manufacturers re-formulate their brands to replace trans fats with other alternatives, it's easy to become confused when you read the new food labels. Saturated, unsaturated, monounsaturated, polyunsaturated? Olive, canola, soy, Malaysian palm fruit oil, palm kernel oil, coconut oil or animal fats (beef tallow, lard) - which are the healthier choices? The answers may surprise you.

13/06/2013 (Reuters) - Following is the berthing schedule of major vessels loading and unloading at Port Qasim:

12/06/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures reversed early losses to end slightly higher on Tuesday, supported by a drawdown in stocks in the world's No.2 producer and strong demand.

12/06/2013 (Bernama) - Sabah expects to attract from RM10 billion to RM15 billion in investments this year, with the bulk to come from the palm oil sector, especially downstream processing, including in biomass.

12/06/2013 (Bernama) - Pakistan is seeking more investments from Malaysia in various sectors, including halal food and refineries, says Mumbai-based Trade Consul Noraslan Hadi Abdul Kadir.

12/06/2013 (Stock Market Wire) - R.E.A. Holdings, which cultivates of oil palms in Indonesia and produces crude palm oil and crude palm kernel oil, has reported that production of crops during January and early February were hit by village issues, and some limited harvesting blockages had a further (but less material) negative impact on crops in March and early April.

12/06/2013 (Ventures Africa) - Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc, a Nigerian indigenous agricultural firm, has revealed plans to double its production capacity, making it the largest oil mill in Africa.

12/06/2013 (Business in Cameroon) - Leader in the palm oil sector, Socapalm eyes a jump in price from 500 to 525 francs CFA per Kg, it emerged from the corporation’s ordinary general assembly last June 06, 2013 indicates Le Quotidien de l’Economie of Monday.

12/06/2013 (Reuters) - DBS Vickers expects planters to continue underperforming regional indices as crude palm oil prices are likely to remain under pressure for the rest of the year.

12/06/2013 (Reuters) - Traders\' forecasts for India\'s vegetable oils imports in May 2013 in tonnes, and percentage change from the previous month and a year ago.

12/06/2013 (Business Recorder) - The Karachi Port handled 58,008 tonnes of cargo comprising 6,212 tonnes of import cargo and 51,796 tonnes of export cargo including 1,085 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Tuesday. The total import cargo of 6,212 tonnes comprised 2,529 tonnes of containerised cargo; 10 tonnes of general cargo and 3,673 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.

12/06/2013 (Reuters) - India's refined palm oil imports may have hit a record in May by jumping 31.5 percent from April, a Reuters survey showed, pushing total purchases of the tropical oil up for the first time since January on lower prices and tight domestic supplies.