Websites, an app and a YouTube channel promoting Kinder chocolate and toys have been banned in UK for targeting junk food products, following complaint.
Voice Network, an association of NGOs and trade unions, has urged EU policy makers to make mandatory compliance with Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) to end human rights violations and environmental destruction in cocoa supply chains.
Half the major agriculture, fishery and forestry sustainability standards fail to show they improve the environment or the lives of poor farmers, new report claims.
The revised food safety management system standard ISO 22000:2018 has been published marking the start of a three-year transition period for certified companies.
Three-judge 9th Circuit panel indicates the six plaintiffs can sue the two manufacturing giants under the Alien Tort Statute for alleged child labor violations.
A raft of promises and reports were published on this year’s World Day Against Child Labor, highlighting the extent of forced labor in the cocoa industry with calls for greater transparency to help solve the problem.
A lawsuit alleging Mars Wrigley Confectionery violates California consumer protection laws by not labeling its products as being produced by child labor has been dismissed.
The UK Government should introduce tougher restrictions on marketing and advertising of junk food, according to a committee behind a report into childhood obesity.
