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11 Feb 2005

Author:
US Senator Tom Harkin

Harkin [US Senator Tom Harkin]: Consider flowers this Valentine's Day - Cites New Concerns that Chocolate Industry won’t Comply with Agreement to Remove Child Slavery from Cocoa Production

U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today said that that he was considering federal legislation to require mandatory labeling for chocolate products in the wake of nearly collapsed negotiations with the chocolate industry to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, child slavery and trafficking in the cocoa trade..."The chocolate companies have the leverage and clout to stop this suffering. But if corporate responsibility is lacking, Congress will be obliged to act."

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