Petition · past parliament
Force companies to use the term 'palm oil' on products which contain it.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Our Y5 children are learning about the effects of deforestation caused by palm oil plantations.They found it impossible to identify which products contain palm oil because of the many other names used that don't contain the word 'palm'. They want clear labels to help people choose.
These are ALL ways of labelling palm oil: Vegetable Oil, Vegetable Fat, Palm Kernel, Palm Kernel Oil, Palm Fruit Oil, Palmate, Palmitate, Palmolein, Glyceryl, Stearate, Stearic Acid, Elaeis Guineensis, Palmitic Acid, Palm Stearine, Palmitoyl Oxostearamide, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-3, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Sodium Kernelate, Sodium Palm Kernelate, Sodium Lauryl Lactylate/Sulphate, Hyrated Palm Glycerides, Etyl Palmitate, Octyl Palmitate, Palmityl Alcohol
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 7 Dec 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 12 Dec 2018 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
12 Dec 2018
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.