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31/05/2010 (Business Times) - European Union (EU) lawmakers are increasingly convinced that Malaysia is on the same path as the EU on the sustainability of palm oil production, but would need more scientific data to support Malaysia's case.

31/05/2010 (Business Times) - Exports of Malaysian palm oil products for May rose 13.1 per cent to 1,332,026 tonnes from 1,178,159 tonnes shipped in April, cargo surveyor Intertek Testing Services said today.

30/05/2010 (Guardian.co.uk) - Mo Constantine's previous hits include bath bombs and Lush soap. If you haven't had the pleasure, just follow your nose: Lush shops have become familiar fixtures on the high street. You can smell their "zingy" ingredients a mile off. Constantine and her husband Mark (a familiar face on TV) have been tinkering with ingredients to "detox" bathtime since the 1970s, when they sold products to a fledgling Body Shop. They have taken on animal testing and the iniquities of trade in cosmetic commodities, and promoted organic ingredients, all from their Dorset HQ.

30/05/2010 (Bernama) - European Union (EU) Members of Parliament (MPs) are impressed with the palm oil industry's contribution towards creating wealth and economic growth for Malaysia.

28/05/2010 (Ultimate Fat Burner) - As most everyone knows by now, the partially-hydrogenated oils used in commercial food products are high in unhealthy trans-fats. Now that trans-fats must be disclosed on nutrition labels (at least in places where they’re not banned outright), many manufacturers have replaced them with natural sources of saturated fat.

28/05/2010 (Reuters) - Indonesia will place a two-year moratorium on new concessions to clear natural forests and peatlands under a deal signed with Norway aimed at reducing greenhouse gases, the government said in a statement.

28/05/2010 (Business Times) - BARRIERS to palm oil trade will be a priority item on the negotiating table in Malaysia's free trade agreement (FTA) talks with the European Union (EU), said Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok.

27/05/2010 (Bernama), Port Klang - The government has put palm oil as one of the National Key Economic Areas to be given emphasis under the 10th Malaysia Plan, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok says.

26/05/2010 (The Star Online), Kota Kinabalu - Malaysia has no qualms about taking the discriminatory EU Renewable Energy Directive (EU RED) requirements for palm oil usage as biofuel to the World Trade Organisation, said Malaysian Palm Oil Council chief executive officer Tan Sri Yusof Basiron.

25/05/2010 (The Borneo Post), Kota Kinabalu - Palm oil stands out as the only edible oil certified voluntary, through the Roundtable On Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) principles and criteria, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister, Tan Sri Bernard Dompok.

25/05/2010 (The Star Online), Kota Kinabalu - As part of an on-going initiative to prove to the world that Malaysia is a responsible oil palm producer, a mega wild life sanctuary involving 100,000ha of rainforest in an area of 300,000ha of contiguous forest zones in Sabah is currently initiated by the Malaysian oil palm industry and Sabah state government.

25/05/2010 (Bernama), Kota Kinabalu - The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), in a move to segregate functions, will soon contract Accreditation Services International (ASI) of Germany as an accreditation agency to take over the functions of awarding certification for sustainable crude palm oil, its Secretary-General Dr Vengeta Rao said Tuesday.