Since then, however, the firms have missed deadlines to eliminate child labor in 2005, 2008 and 2010. ADA Washington Post investigation of the use of child labor in the cocoa industry found that representatives of some of the biggest and best-known brands could not guarantee that any of their chocolate was produced without child labor. Instead, he suggested that the goals for reducing child labor may have been too lofty. The “issue of forced child labor in cocoa production is important and deserves attention,” the report said, but counting forced child laborers would require a different methodology. Regarding the lawsuit, a Nestlé statement said: “All involved agree that Nestlé never engaged in the egregious child labor alleged in this suit.

Source: Washington Post October 19, 2020 12:46 UTC