InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – By the of 2023, the Government of Indonesia should firmly act by delivering sanction to every company that uses ‘palm oil free’ (POF) label on their products, namely if theirs are sold in this country. It is the response to the rule break that Badan Pengawas Obat dan Makanan (BPOM) published.

General Secretary of Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC), Rizal Affandi Lukman, said POF label use is taken as breaking the rules and non-ethical market strategy. He emphasized that POF label products would not be more environmental than those using palm oil.

Rizal also supported what Chairman of Indonesian Palm Oil Association (IPOA), Eddy Martono did by saying to firmly act the companies using POF label.

IPOA also planned to send official documents to BPOM to firm act the company. He was sorry for it using POF label and it is taken to discredit palm oil industries without scientific base.

Rizal told POF label is part of negative campaign in palm oil sector. It has no scientific evidences about palm oil sustainability values. “More than that, the label would discredit palm oil industries because of higher competitive values than other vegetable oils,” he said, as in the official statement to InfoSAWIT, Sunday (31/12/2023).

The decision is hoped to deliver deterrent effect for the companies using POF label without scientific base and it would be confirming that the information told to the consumers about products would be accurate and responsible. (T2)