Govt Undertakes Promotion To Address Negative Perception On Palm Oil

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 6 (Bernama) -- The Primary Industries Ministry has allocated an additional RM23 million provision from the Finance Ministry to carry out promotions on the negative perception concerning the country’s palm oil commodity in Europe. its deputy minister Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin said the ministry would hold a roadshow such as the Palm OIl Introduction programme to European parliamentarians to enable them to see for themselves the sustainable practice of the country’s palm oil industry and raise their awareness. "With this additional allocation, support and mandate from the senators and Dewan Rakyat (lower house of Parliament) members, we will continue to move systematically with Indonesia and other countries to become a power that can determine the market," he said. He was replying to a question from Senator Mustapa Kamal Mohd Yusoff on proactive measures taken to counteract attacks of the European Parliament’s Committee on Environment. Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) anti palm oil resolution. ENVi’s anti palm oil resolution made on Oct 23, last year bans the entry of palm oil derived bio fuel to the European Union (EU) from 2021 and other food cultivated bio fuel from 2020. -- BERNAMA