A worker unloads palm oil fruit bunches from a lorry inside a palm oil mill in Bahau, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. European food companies, including Nestle, have in recent months asked top palm oil producers in Indonesia and Malaysia to lower the amount of mineral oil hydrocarbons found in palm oil, industry officials announced. - Reuters
KUALA LUMPUR: The palm oil industry, long-accused of large scale deforestation, is bracing for another hit to its business: machinery lubricants seeping into the world's most consumed edible oil during processing.
European food companies, including Nestle, have in recent months asked top palm oil producers in Indonesia and Malaysia to lower the amount of mineral oil hydrocarbons found in palm oil, industry officials told Reuters.
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