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22 Aug 2009

Author:
Stuff.co.nz [New Zealand]

Beware of slavery in chocolate, says Trade Aid [New Zealand]

Trade Aid General Manager Geoff White said child slavery was widespread in cocoa farms in Africa where much of the raw ingredients for chocolate comes from. ...His call follows the back down by Cadbury this week from using palm oil in its chocolate - the palm oil industry is blamed for destroying rain forests, killing orang-utans...Philip Poole, marketing manager for Whittakers Chocolates, said it too was confident its chocolate was slave free...