Mandatory Household Cooking Oil Supplies: Producers Face Immediate Warehouse Closures in Response to Domestic Market Shortages

The Minister of Trade has issued Regulation No. 20 of 2026 (“ Regulation 20/2026 ”) on the Amendment (“ Amendment ”) to Regulation No. 43 of 2025 (“ Regulation 43/2025 ”) on Packaged Palm Cooking Oil and the Governance of Public Cooking Oil. The Amendment aims to ensure the availability of packaged palm cooking oil supplies within the domestic marketplace through the introduction of various new requirements and enforcement mechanisms that will now apply to cooking oil producers (“ Producers ”). [1]