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12/02/2024 (Business Standard) - Edible oils industry body SEA on Monday demanded import curbs on finished products, including stearic acid and refined glycerine or impose duty with additional tariff on raw materials to safeguard the domestic industry.

11/02/2024 (Daiji World) - Health experts on Sunday stressed the need to avoid using cooking oils with carcinogenic contaminants like glycidyl esters (GE) and 3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol esters (3-MCPD).

09/02/2024 (Borneo Post Online), Kuala Lumpur - The Ministry of Plantation and Commodities and the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) plan to further strengthen collaboration between Malaysia and Indonesia to benefit the palm oil industry in both countries.

08/02/2024 (BBC News), A council is trialling a new machine to repair potholes which runs on hydrotreated vegetable oil.

09/02/2024 (Biodiesel Magazine), The U.S. exported 55,131.8 metric tons of biodiesel and biodiesel blends of B30 or greater in December, according to data released by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service on Feb. 7. Biodiesel imports were at 158,044.1 metric tons for the month.

08/02/2024(XM), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian palm oil futures extended gains for a fourth consecutive session on Thursday, buoyed by strength in rival edible oils and firmer crude oil prices amid supply concerns in the world's second-biggest producer.

09/02/2024 (The Edge Malaysia), MUMBAI - The rebound in palm oil prices is likely to be capped by abundant supplies of rival soyoil and sunflower oil, "soft" oils that are available at discounts to tropical palm oil for the first time in more than a year.

08/02/2024 (The Star Online), Petaling Jaya - Those selling products with labels that says “no palm oil” have been ordered to take down the items from the shelves in a crackdown on discriminatory food labels.

07/02/2024 (XM), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian palm oil futures fell on Wednesday, snapping two consecutive sessions of gains, to trade almost flat, as output data from the world's second-biggest producer's industry regulator is awaited.

07/02/2024 (The Star Online), Kota Kinabalu - The Sabah cabinet has approved the Oil Palm Biomass Industry policy, says Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor.

07/02/2024 (The Edge Malaysia), Kuala Lumpur - Crude palm oil (CPO) futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives ended higher for the third consecutive day on Wednesday in line with the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean oil market gains.

07/02/2024 (The Sun), Putrajaya – The Ministry of Plantations and Commodities (KPK) will take stern action against any party involved in discriminatory or negative labelling of palm oil.