date:Mar 06, 2013
e orangutan - where activists say rain forests have been destroyed to make room for palm oil plantations.
Frans Claassen, head of the Dutch Board for Margarine, Fats and Oils, which represents the industry, said the negative campaigns could force food producers to seek to replace palm oil, which would cut its imports and make products more expensive.
If palm oil keeps its bad reputation some food producers could stop using palm oil, Claassen told Reuters.
Since 1995 global palm oil production