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26/05/2023 (New Straits Times), Kuala Lumpur - The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MOB) has today announced that Palm Tocotrienol-Rich Fraction (TRF), a vitamin E sourced from palm oil with a high tocotrienol content, has been classified as an additional nutrient allowed for food products.

27/05/2023 (The Edge Malaysia), Kuala Lumpur - Crude palm oil (CPO) futures on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives market are expected to trade lower on higher output in the coming weeks.

28/05/2023 (The Borneo Post), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia and Indonesia want the European Union to recognise their work on the environment and deforestation with regard to palm oil production, in line with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) chairman Mohamad Helmy Othman Basha said.

27/08/2023 (Mongabay), Jakarta - Top officials from Indonesia and Malaysia, the world’s biggest palm oil producers, will meet European Union policymakers in Brussels amid a diplomatic standoff over a new deforestation rule that threatens to shut the commodity out of the EU market.

25/05/2023 (The Star Online), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's crude palm oil production could drop between 1 and 3 million tonnes next year due to the El Niño weather pattern, the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) said on Thursday.

26/05/2023 (Wion News) - The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) announced on Thursday (May 25) that the El Niño weather pattern might reduce crude palm oil production by 1 to 3 million tonnes next year.

28/05/2023 (The Sun Daily), Kuala Lumpur - The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) is conducting research and development (R&D) to produce a variety of oil palm trees that are tolerant to low rainfall, said its director general Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's crude palm oil production could drop between 1 and 3 million tonnes next year due to the El Niño weather pattern, the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) said on Thursday.

KUALA LUMPUR: The demand for Malaysian palm oil is expected to improve this year propped up by the hot weather, pushing up the price to between RM3,800 to RM4,000 per tonne, the Malaysian Palm Oil Board said.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MOB) has today announced that Palm Tocotrienol-Rich Fraction (TRF), a vitamin E sourced from palm oil with a high tocotrienol content, has been classified as an additional nutrient allowed for food products.

Malaysian palm oil futures jumped as much as 3% on Thursday, ending near a two-week high, helped by a weak ringgit and forecasts of a El Nino weather pattern hitting production next year.

PARIS, May 25 (Reuters) - An "abnormal" rise in imports of biodiesel classified as waste-based has hit rapeseed prices in Europe, vegetable oil industry group FEDIOL said, calling for an investigation into the authenticity of these biofuel imports.