Article: 'Sustainable' palm oil advert false, says Advertising Standards Authority.

M2 PRESSWIRE-9 January 2008-Friends of the Earth: 'Sustainable' palm oil advert false, says Advertising Standards Authority(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Friends of the Earth has today welcomed a decision by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in which palm oil described as "sustainably produced" was ruled to be false advertising. The verdict followed a Friends of the Earth International complaint against an advert by the Malaysian Palm Oil Council. [1] The advertising watchdog is the latest in a series of bodies to question palm oil's sustainability, furthering concerns about EU plans to import vast quantities of it for use as ...

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