Yves Daudigny, member of the Social Affairs Commission of the French Senate, tabled an amendment on the Draft Finance Law for Social Security for 2013 (PLFSS) to increase taxes on palm oil.
The Rainforest Action Network (RAN) has urged Cargill to take clear, decisive action to ensure its palm oil suppliers commit to sustainable production, while Cargill has said that RAN allegations of malpractice are unfounded and untrue.
Interest in Plenish high oleic soybean oil from food companies continues to be strong and the 2013 Cargill contract program will support ongoing market development activity.
In this day and age of green business, where do companies look to find a solution to combat the build-up of fat, oil and grease, without it costing the Earth?
The French Senate rejected its so-called ‘Nutella tax’ on Thursday, which aimed to quadruple the tax on palm oil, a key ingredient in the hazelnut-chocolate spread.
Australia is emerging as a major growth market for krill oil, according to AkerBioMarine, the Norwegian biotech firm behind the Superba brand of krill oil products.
A proposed 300% increase on French palm oil imports could lead to increased consumption of harmful trans fats and ignores the primary sources of saturated fat in the French diet, says the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC).
The food and drink industry, the UK's largest manufacturing sector, has signed up to a national statement pledging to work with other industries with the stated ambition of sourcing 100% sustainable palm oil by 2015.
Published to coincide with the beginning of the tenth annual Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) meeting in Singapore this week, the report shows that only one company of eleven major global palm oil producers achieved full marks for its forest prot
Food manufacturers, government and supermarkets have today “stated their ambition” to ensure palm oil used in food production is responsibly produced and does not contribute to deforestation by 2015. But a leading retail organisation has insisted the pled
Indena's olive fruit extract Opextan® has been granted GRAS status for use as a food ingredient in a variety of food categories resulting in an estimated dietary intake of up to 1,062 mg per person per day.
