Malaysian Palm Oil Council selling Waste Cooking Oil in Bangladesh

by Blitz Exclusive
August 27, 2010

http://www.weeklyblitz.net/964/malaysian-palm-oil-council-selling-waste-cooking

Malaysian Palm Oil Council has its huge office in Bangladesh, selling thousands of tons of edible oil to the country. This office is the regional office of Malaysian Palm Oil Council, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia which was previously known as Malaysian Palm Oil Promotion Council [MPOPC], established on January 25, 1990. The name was changed to Malaysian Palm Oil Council [MPOC] on April 13, 2006. It is a semi-government agency under Malaysian Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities. There are 9 regional offices of MPOC i.e. Los Angeles [USA], Mumbai [India], Brussels [Belgium], Dhaka [Bangladesh], Durban [South Africa], Lahore [Pakistan], Cairo [Egypt], Dubai [UAE] and Shanghai [China].

In the website of MPOPC, it is written "Considering the market potential of palm oil in Bangladesh, MPOC established its regional office in Dhaka in 1995. Previously this office was responsible for Bangladesh and Sri Lanka market, later, besides, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal markets put under this office for strengthening the image of palm oil through organizing promotional activities and dissemination of information about palm oil and gathering market information as well. Since the inception of Dhaka office, various promotional activities such as seminars targeting doctors, scientists, nutritionists, medical students ; quiz competition targeting school and college students ; cooking competition targeting housewives ; rural promotion programmes targeting rural consumers ; TV cooking show, TV ads and media promotion targeting general consumers and organising visit to Malaysia to familiarize the participants such as govt. officials, medical doctors, technical officials of different govt. agencies, educationists and edible oil refining industry & trade related people with Malaysian Palm Oil Industry and market visits etc. have been undertaken by MPOC to disseminate information about the beneficial attributes of palm oil and to strengthen palm oil's image among the consumers and specially among the opinion leaders of the society as well as policy makers. Besides, keeping the consumers, traders, importers, refinery owners, media and policy makers and concerned govt. agencies informed about the development of Malaysian palm oil industries is another main task of this office. MPOC Dhaka office is also acting as an information hub in regards to oils and fats production, import and consumption in the country for the related industry players, media and for govt. agencies."

MPOPC is selling Meizan brand Palm Oil in Bangladesh, which is produced by Bangladesh Edible Oil Limited [BEOL]. This is only 100% foreign owned edible oil refining industry in Bangladesh. It has 1 [one] edible oil refining plant with a refining capacity of 150 tonnes per day suitable for refining of Crude Palm Oil [CPL], Crude Palm Olein [CPL] and Crude Degummed Soyabean Oil [CDSBO]. The refinery is situated near Dhaka.

In its website, Bangladesh Edible Oil Limited and MPOC gives specification of the Palm Oil, which according to experts is nothing but Waste Palm Oil, and such products are seriously injurious to human health. It is alleged that, MPOC is selling similar sub-standard products to other countries in the world. Weekly Blitz is continuing to investigate this matter and on receiving written comments from the experts, for the sake of national interest, necessary legal actions will be taken by this newspaper against Malaysian Palm Oil Council and Bangladesh Edible Oil Limited for selling hazardous products in the name of edible cooking oil and for causing severe loss to country's national health as well broad-day fraud with millions of Bangladeshis.

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