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KUALA LUMPUR - A SHORTAGE of cooking oil has spread to at least seven states in Malaysia, causing panic among consumers, local Malay-language newspapers reported yesterday. The shortage of palm oil has been affecting residents in the northern and eastern states of peninsular Malaysia for the past week, and Malacca and Johor are the latest to join the list. The shortage is the result of manufacturers ceasing production temporarily as they prepare for the new year's accounts. Johor's state enforcement director of domestic trade and consumer affairs Fahmi Kassim said that, based on a report by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board, supplies will resume this month. | 
