Behind the forced labor responsible for palm oil

Published: Jan. 11, 2021, 3:43 p.m.

b"Girl Scout cookies have it. So do many crackers and breads. Lipstick, shampoo and soap use it. It's even in peanut butter. But much of the world's palm oil comes from foreign producers that used forced labor. That's why the Homeland Security Department recently banned palm oil and palm oil products from certain companies. For how they discover forced labor situations and the process for detaining a wide range of prohibited products, the Federal Drive turned to the Executive Assistant Commissioner for the Office of Trade, at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Brenda Smith.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"