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Under the protocol, federal regulators were kept from monitoring the chocolate supply, and the responsibility to end child labor and slavery in the chocolate industry was instead placed with the chocolate companies.
- Produce Workers
PRODUCE WORKERS The diverse agricultural fields of the...
- Slavery in The U.S
Slavery is a reality in many parts of the world today, and...
- Slaughterhouse Workers
Slaughterhouse Workers Slaughtering animals and processing...
- Restaurant Workers
Restaurant Workers Today, nearly half of every food dollar...
- Chocolate List
The list below reflects Food Empowerment Project’s (F.E.P.)...
- Ethical Food Choices
The Swiss corporation Nestlé is the world’s largest food and...
- Produce Workers
Boy collecting cocoa after the beans have been dried. Child labour is a recurring issue in cocoa production. Cote d’Ivoire (also known in English as Ivory Coast) and Ghana, together produce nearly 60% of the world's cocoa each year.
Slave Free Chocolate. The U.S. Department of Labor announced in December of 2020 that 1.6 million children are working illegally and a percentage of those children have been trafficked in and held as slaves. These children are vulnerable to brutal labor practices, including trafficking and slavery.
May 16, 2022 · It was Caribbean sugar produced by the enslaved West Africans in the 19th century that made chocolate palatable. The connection to slavery does not end here. Children as cheap slave labor
Oct 26, 2021 · Modern Slavery and chocolate manufacturers. After the practice was exposed in the 2000 documentary Slavery: A Global Investigation, the chocolate industry initially denied that trafficked...
The US Supreme Court has ruled food giants Nestlé USA and Cargill can't be sued for child slavery on African farms from where they buy their cocoa. Six African men alleged that they were ...
Jul 26, 2020 · The dark side of a $100bn industry where enslaved children work in cocoa fields for the chocolate we all love to eat.
