Malaysia, the world's second largest palm oil producer and exporter, has said it will fight growing anti-palm oil sentiment around the world with a new slogan: "Palm oil is God's gift".

A Malaysian government official said on Tuesday (July 28) the country would use the slogan, first introduced last week at a national level, internationally to fight widespread criticism about palm oil's negative impact on the environment.

"The government is committed to marketing the new slogan locally and internationally," Mr Willie Mongin, the deputy minister of the Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry, told Parliament on Tuesday.

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