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... the australian food and grocery council (afgc) has applauded the decision by the federal government to oppose the food standards amendment (truth in labelling palm oil) bill 2011 ... yesterday, afgc chief executive kate carnell said the palm oil labelling bill would cost the australian food manufacturing industry a$150 million and “would not save any orang-utans” ... 3 per cent of the world’s palm oil and the majority of australian manufacturers have already committed to using palm oil certified by the roundtable on sustainable palm oil (rspo)

... ice cream formulated with an emulsion containing unsaturated oil showed no differences in melting properties as ice cream made with saturated fat, says a new study offering solutions for ‘healthy’ ice cream ... researchers from the university of guelph in canada report that so-called two-stream ice creams made from a mixture of fractionated palm kernel oil, high oleic sunflower oil and glycerol monooleate favoured the formation of “desirable ice cream” ... for ice cream, saturated fats may be substituted by unsaturated oils like high oleic sunflower oil, but this changes the structure of the ice cream, and “result in a product with less body, which is also perceived as less creamy” ... ” study details the guelph-based scientists prepared a range of ice creams with 10% fat content, using different levels of palm oil (saturated fat, ach food companies inc ... ), sunflower oil (unsaturated, nealanders international inc

... (2) palm-oil labelling inquiry in federal parliament the identification of palm oil on food labels is being considered in a federal parliamentary committee inquiry by the house of representatives ... the house economics committee has commenced its inquiry into the food standards amendment (truth in labelling – palm oil) bill 2011 that would, if passed, require makers or distributors of foods with palm oil as an ingredient, to specify the oil as ‘palm oil’

... pressure from anti-palm oil campaigners on australia’s distributors and retailers continues ... the campaigns concern how palm oil should be labelled as a food ingredient ... the house economics committee has commenced its inquiry into the food standards amendment (truth in labelling – palm oil) bill 2011 that would, if passed, require makers or distributors of foods with palm oil as an ingredient, to specify the oil as ‘palm oil’ ... currently, palm oil can be labelled as vegetable oil ... much palm oil production occurs in malaysia and indonesia ... green activists claim that palm oil plantations are replacing rainforests and destroying the wildlife habitat of the orang-utan ... others counter-argue that palm oil can be produced sustainably ... with the expansion of palm oil exports, greenpeace and the world wildlife foundation are also linking consumption of palm oil with global warming and to displacement of indigenous peoples ... key provisions of the legislation will require an amendment to the australia new zealand food standards code, to be written by food standards australia new zealand (fsanz), to require producers, manufacturers and distributors of food containing palm oil to list palm oil as an ingredient, regardless of the amount of palm oil involved; and for the australian consumer law to be amended so information of the palm oil content, or the use of palm oil in producing a product (not limited to food), is relevant to whether a person has engaged in misleading conduct ... joe lederman, a food law expert of the foodlegal firm says, “if manufacturers turned their back on palm oil altogether, the inclusion of more expensive oils would likely cause a backlash amongst price-sensitive consumers when the higher price of the more expensive oils translates into higher food prices

... cargill has pledged that the palm oil products it supplies in markets including europe and the us will be certified by the roundtable on sustainable palm oil (rspo) or originate from smallholder growers by 2015 ... it added that the pledge would be extended across all of cargill’s oil and trading businesses to cover 100% of its palm oil products and all customers worldwide, including china and india, by 2020 ... “cargill is an active supporter of sustainable palm and has been a member of the rspo since it was founded ... we hope this commitment will encourage more participation across the supply chain and help rspo palm oil become the mainstream”, said cargill vice chairman paul conway ... “this goal will help us meet the rising demand for sustainable palm oil products amongst manufacturers and retailers, while continuing to encourage palm oil producers to adopt more sustainable practices ... ” cargill said that it already offers rspo certified palm oil products to its customers and its refineries in europe, malaysia, the us and australia have received rspo certification ... its oil palm plantation at pt hindoli in sumatra, indonesia has also been certified and smallholder farmers at this location became the first to be certified under the rspo’s smallholder principles & criteria in 2010 ... it said it also has policies in place for responsible palm production in its own plantations, including not planting on high conservation value forests, not developing new plantations on deep peat land or land that would threaten biodiversity and a strict no-burn policy for land preparation

... uk retailer marks and spencer has revealed plans to launch a brand of “healthier” milk in october, with 6% less saturated fat due to a diet for cows that removes all palm oil from their feed ... m&s technical executive sue bell said: “we’re delighted with the results of the trial; our new milk is a win-win recipe - it has less saturated fat but actually tastes better, there is less impact on the environment due to the reduction in palm oil, our farmers cows are healthier and our farmers will benefit from a guaranteed price for their milk

... palm oil bill unworkable and will cost industrya palm oil bill - which compromises the nation’s food and grocery labelling system - is unworkable in its current form and must be referred to a house of representatives committee for further discussion and examination, the australian food and grocery council (afgc) urged today ... the australian food and grocery council today called the recent palm oil labelling bill, passed in the senate with amendments last week, “unworkable”, and called for a house of representatives committee to further discuss and examine the bill ... the bill calls for the mandatory labelling of palm oil within 12 months on all food and grocery products, both on the grounds of truth in labelling and in an attempt to allow consumers to avoid the ingredient, which has been implicated in the destruction of orangutan habitat in malaysia and indonesia ... “the bill only names palm oil as the required ingredient to be listed on a label ... very few products in australia contain whole palm oil ... most products use derivatives of palm oil or palm kernel oil - which are not listed in the bill,” she said ... as a result, states and territories will have to pass legislation to require palm oil labelling ... “palm oil and its derivatives are unable to be verified by laboratory testing as the fatty acids and derivatives are not unique to palm oil ... as there are 60,000 products on supermarket shelves - with up to one third containing palm oil - this equates to hundreds of millions of dollars in extra costs

... it has now outlined its objectives with practical targets including minimising wastewater, reducing refuse and waste, minimising the volume of packaging and increasing the share of rspo-certified palm oil to 100 per cent, as well as being co2 neutral

... the senate has passed an amendment to the food act requiring that products containing palm oil be explicitly labelled, rather than described as ‘vegetable oil’ ... the bill was passed by coalition votes, and driven by greens senator rachael siewert and independent senator nick xenophon, both of whom have been vocal in their campaigns on the subject of palm oil ... most of the world’s supply of palm oil, an extremely common ingredient in foods and food additives, is produced in malaysia and indonesia, where it is common practice to clearfell forest for plantations ... senator xenophon also emphasised the consumer health aspect of the labelling, saying that australians consume 10kg of palm oil a year without knowing it, and that while other products labelled as ‘vegetable oil’ contain as little as 2% saturated fat, palm oil is 50% saturated fat ... dompok said the bill seeks to encourage “the use of certified sustainable palm oil in order to promote the protection of wildlife habitat” ... “in this context, malaysia is of the view that labeling palm oil purely from the perspective of sustainable production is discriminatory,” he told bernama, the malaysian national news agency ... “it is with great regret and disappointment that the australian senate has not accorded the due attention contributed by the oil palm industry in malaysia and the sustainable practices adopted

... at least one factory in taiwan was found to be using di-ethyl hexyl phthalate (dehp) in place of more expensive palm oil in the manufacture of its clouding agents, while another factory was using di-isononyl phthalate (dinp)