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US consumers may be exposed to deforestation-linked palm oil via dairy: Report (news.mongabay.com)
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This indirect use of palm oil is often overlooked in the zero-deforestation accounting process, despite its growing use, according to a report by U.S.-based advocacy group Rainforest Action Network (RAN). The report found that palm oil-based animal feed is now the single largest palm oil product category imported by the U.S., accounting for 36% of all palm oil imports into the country by weight.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I remember reading a few years back that about half of the total world production of palm oil goes to "livestock" feed, but I cannot find the source now.