Food & Cooking

JAKARTA : Indonesia’s state food procurement agency, Bulog, said on Tuesday it is waiting for regulations to allow it to distribute bulk cooking oil, as authorities seek to ensure the supply and affordability of the household essential at local markets.

The Southeast Asian country, the world top palm oil producer, has since April 28 halted exports of crude palm oil and refined products in a bid to control soaring local prices of cooking oil.

Officials have said Bulog will be designated to help distribute subsidised cooking oil in order to intervene when prices are high, but as of Tuesday the agency’s head said it had not yet been officially assigned the task.

“There have to be regulations in place so there is not any misstep,” Bulog chief executive Budi Waseso told a virtual broadcast briefing.

A regulation was also needed to ensure clarity on how costs would be covered since

This Morning guest Beverley Turner defended MP Lee Anderson’s controversial comments that people who use food banks need cooking courses

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This Morning: Guest calls for cooking lessons for food banks users

This Morning fans have slammed Beverley Turner after she supported controversial comments made by a Tory MP that people who use food banks need cooking courses.

MP Lee Anderson sparked widespread outrage by claiming that people “would be able to fend for themselves” with the right education, urging Labour MPs to visit a charity in his Ashfield constituency where people get cooking lessons.

This Morning presenters Phillip Schofield and Rochelle Humes sat down with radio presenter Nick Ferrari and Beverley Turner during Thursday’s programme to discuss the outrage at the MP’s comments.

Nick described the suggestion as “very offensive nonsense”, but fellow ITV guest Beverley defended