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EU must move quickly to ensure no fraud in biofuel supply chain - Irish fuels industry

There have been growing concerns that the used cooking oil in renewable biofuels is fraudulent and may actually be coming from virgin palm oil outside of Europe

Workers loading palm oil fruit on trucks at a business shelter in Indonesia. Picture: SOPA Images

The EU must move to quickly implement and enforce new rules around biofuel sustainability so that customers in Europe and Ireland can have confidence there is no fraud in the supply chain, according to Fuels for Ireland.

Kevin McPartlan, the chief executive of the liquid fuels industry association Fuels For Ireland, made the comments following concerns in recent years that imported used cooking oil which forms the base of certain renewable biofuels is fraudulent and ...