KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) has slammed a French senator's proposed "Nutella tax" - the imposition of a 300% tax increase on palm oil -- and urged the French government to reject the plan.
MPOC chief executive officer Tan Sri Dr Yusof Basiron, in his rebuttal on Monday, described French Senator Yves Daudigny's tax plan as part of an aggressive and unprovoked attack against palm oil.
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