Cargill set to appeal Brazilian court verdict on cocoa child labour caseCargill is reportedly set to appeal against a judgement from a regional court in Brazil, ordering it to pay $120,000 as a penalty for buying cocoa which is alleged to have come from farms where child or forced labour had been identified. Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Regulatory, Sustainability
Seven chocolate manufacturers named in Ivory Coast cocoa sector child labour lawsuitA landmark court case has begun in the US against seven major chocolate companies on behalf of eight Malian young men who claim to have been victims of child trafficking, and forced to work on cocoa plantations in Ivory Coast, writes Neill Barston. Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Cadbury withdraws legal claim over classic purple wrappingCadbury has reportedly decided not further appeal a decision over its bid to alter an existing trademark that had protect the company’s distinctive purple chocolate bar wrapping. Business news, New products, Packaging, Regulatory
