SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's largest supermarket chain has temporarily banned paper products from Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP), saying the firm had failed to show it was not linked to the forest fires in Indonesia that have blanketed the city state in a thick smog.
NTUC FairPrice, run by the local trade union, said it had made its decision after the Singapore Environment Council (SEC) decided to suspended its green certification for APP's paper products.
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