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Iceland still having palm oil products.

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GabriellaG54 Thu 24-Jan-19 02:35:02

I read that the very farmers who are devastating the habitats of the orangutan, are also sexually abusing them, even going as far as to pay £2 for the 'privilege'.
Article and photos were in the DM.
It will take a concerted effort by the whole human race to come up with alternatives to palm oil as it seems to be so widely used. hmm

Ohmother Wed 23-Jan-19 22:29:19

Some good points made. Thanks ??

Jalima1108 Wed 23-Jan-19 16:24:39

If the stock was manufactured before they decided not to include palm oil in their own products then I cannot see a problem.
Should they dispose of the products in landfill? There doesn't seem to be any point whatsoever in doing that.

Nonnie Wed 23-Jan-19 15:44:18

I think they only undertook to make the change to their own brand products.

If we all stop buying products with palm oil in we will be putting a lot of good people out of work. When you read beyond the headlines a lot of it is produced sustainably without deforestation.

shysal Wed 23-Jan-19 15:28:48

We had some threads on here a while ago and this one was interesting. It is possible that as long as the palm oil is sustainable we can still use products containing it. I wouldn't buy the items you have seen unless I could be re-assured on the sustainablilty of the oil used.
www.gransnet.com/forums/chat/1254686-Dont-boycott-palm-oil-products?msgid=26952291

Ailsa43 Wed 23-Jan-19 15:28:13

For me, It would depend on what food still has the palm oil

MissAdventure Wed 23-Jan-19 15:26:52

I would still buy until their stock is run out.

Ohmother Wed 23-Jan-19 15:10:39

It’s been reported that Iceland is still selling old stock that contains palm oil.

After their campaign at Christmas to save the orangutans what would you do? Continue to shop there and buy the palm oil products until they’ve all been sold. Shop there but avoid the old palm oil products. Stop shopping there as they are not honest about their concern about the loss of habitat when it affects their profits?