date:Mar 06, 2013
has tripled as food producers have used it to replace less healthy trans fats created by hydrogenation of liquid oils such as rape oil, soy oil and sunflower oil.
Palm oil imports to the European Union account for 10 percent of global production, and nearly half is imported through the Netherlands.
As of December 2014, food producers will be obliged to put on labels if they use rape oil, palm oil, soyoil or any other oil that are currently all labelled as vegetable oil, and experts say it wil