date:Mar 27, 2019
and continue to discuss further steps to take, Togar Sitanggang, deputy chairman of GAPKI, said.
GAPKI is also looking into whether it could take legal action against retailers using palm-oil free labeling, Sitanggang said. The EU has no legislation on palm oil labeling.
The EU has concluded that palm oil is a high risk crop after finding that 45 percent of palm cultivation expansion during 2008-2015 took place in high carbon stock area, far higher compared to rival crops soybean and rapeseed.