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Supermarket ordered to remove products with anti-palm oil labels
May 14, 2015
Supermarket ordered to remove products with anti-palm oil labels
The Star
Thursday 14 May 2015
Kuching: A supermarket here has been directed to remove products with anti-palm oil labelling from its shelves following complaints from the oil palm industry.
The state Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry has instructed the supermarket to stop selling the products after inspecting the premises on Wednesday.
It said the products were imported from Australia and were believed to have entered the market here about a week ago.
The labels, which showed an orang utan urging shoppers to buy palm oil-free products to help save the animals, earned the ire of Land Development Minister Tan Sri James Masing when they were brought to his attention on Tuesday.
He criticised the “unfriendly” labelling for being unfair to Malaysia’s palm oil industry and as being based on incorrect facts.
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