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07/05/2009 (International Supermarket News) - Sainsbury's only uses certified palm oil in it's frozen fish range. This industry leading commitment to sustainable palm oil is credited with helping to more than double sales of basics fish fingers over the past 12 months. Certified sustainable palm oil was introduced to basics fish fingers last May when Sainsbury's was the first food company to purchase the oil on a large scale.

06/05/2009 (Asia.cnet) - A few weeks ago, I mentioned that after the Cabinet reshuffle, we now have a Ministry of Energy, Green Technology & Water helmed by Yang Berhormat Peter Chin. YB Peter Chin was formerly helping to promote Malaysia's palm oil as biofuel, among other responsibilities as Malaysia's Minister of Plantation Industries & Commodities.

06/05/2009 (Daily News, Sri Lanka) - The Government will not hesitate to impose high taxes on palm oil imports as a precautionary measure to protect the country’s coconut industry, said Minister of Plantation Industry, D.M. Jayaratne.

05/05/2009 (Reuters), Monrovia - Liberia's $800 million palm and rubber deal with Malaysian firm Sime Darby will create 20,000 much needed jobs in the West African country rebuilding after civil war, Liberia's investment chief said late on Monday.

04/05/2009 (Food Biz Daily) - Unregulated palm oil production is causing widespread deforestation in Southeast Asia, dislocating natives and threatening the survival of the orangutan.

04/05/2009 (Daily Times) - Growing economic pain may increasingly force consumers to turn to palm oil, one of the cheapest cooking oils, a move that can scupper nascent plans to slow deforestation in Southeast Asia.

04/05/2009 (The New Zealand Herald) - A cooking oil that is driving the destruction of the rainforests, displacing native people and threatening the survival of the orangutan is present in grocery products commonly found in New Zealand.

03/05/2009 (Duniyaline.com), London - In a case of utmost irony, Prince Charles, who is touring the world, campaigning to save the rainforests, is selling products containing an ingredient blamed for wrecking them.

03/05/2009 (Peninsula Online), Kuala Lumpur - Growing economic pain may increasingly force consumers to turn to palm oil, one of the cheapest cooking oils, a move that could scupper nascent plans to slow deforestation in Southeast Asia.

04/05/2009 (The Malaysia Insider), Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia’s efforts to break the genetic code for the oil palm plant could increase the supply of palm oil at a time when demand is growing.

04/05/2009 (Saudi Gazette) - GROWING economic pain may increasingly force consumers to turn to palm oil, one of the cheapest cooking oils, a move that could scupper nascent plans to slow deforestation in Southeast Asia.

02/05/2009 (The Independent) - Palm oil is an inescapable part of everyday life. As the new research from the Independent shows, it is now virtually impossible to avoid buying products that contain palm oil in every supermarket, chemist and sweet shop in Britain. Considering the fact that this commodity is now one of the most environmentally damaging on earth, this can seem like a gloomy prospect - but there are a few reasons for hope.