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\'Sabah oil palm growers subsidising others\'
21/09/2008 (Daily Express), Kota Kinabalu - Former Chief Minister Datuk Harris Salleh has proposed the abolition of the Federal Government and Malaysia Palm Oil Board (MPOB) taxes on the oil palm industry in Sabah.
Health department committee to keep an eye on ghee manufactured from contaminated palm oil
20/09/2008 (Daily Times), Karachi - No one can be allowed to put the people’s health at risk by distributing hazardous raw or refined food, especially edible oil and ghee. Sindh Health Minister Dr Sagheer Ahmed has said that it is his department’s duty to look after the people’s interests and take strict measures to ensure that consumers are offered food of the best quality.
‘Team reconstituted to ascertain fitness of sealed palm oil’
20/09/2008 (The News International) - The Sindh Health Department would hold proper identification of the “confiscated consignment of palm oil†with the help of four laboratories to ascertain if it was fit for human consumption, said Minister for Health, Dr Sagheer Ahmed on Friday.
Re-investigation of Palm oil issue
19/09/2008 (The Nation), Karachi - Provincial Health Minister Dr Saghir Ahmed has said the health department was going to carry out afresh investigation into the 9-year old issue of the seized contaminated RBD palm oil following the directives of the apex court.
States get subsidised edible oil
20/09/2008 (The Financial Express) - In the wake of a decline in international crude edible oil prices, the government has distributed only about 1 lakh tonne of imported edible oil against a target of 1 million tonne to states to be sold at subsidised rates to poor families.
2 Containers loaded with palm oil caught
19/09/2008 (Awoko) - Two containers loaded with palm oil in jerry cans were yesterday opened by the Ross Road Police after it was caught at the entering point of the Ports Authority.
EU faces pressure from overseas biofuel-makers
19/09/2008 (EuActiv.com) - A decision by a key European Parliament committee last week to beef up sustainability criteria for agrofuels and tilt the Union's biofuel policy towards non food-based biofuels due to concerns over rising commodity prices has irritated top biofuel-exporting nations Indonesia, Malaysia and Brazil.
New certificates to prove palm oil sustainability
19/09/2008 (Business Green) - A programme to allow large palm oil users to prove that they are supporting sustainable production methods has gone into operation this week.
Minister lobbies EU over palm oil restrictions
19/09/2008 (The Jakarta Post) - Indonesia, the world's largest palm oil producer, has sent Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono to lobby the European Union (EU), over concerns the group were planning a policy that would limit imports of the commodity.
