A report released by the The Payson Center for International Development, Tulane University will give you a sour taste as you munch your chocolate. The report critized the cocoa industry for the indiscriminate use of child labor in various stages of the supply chain. The Cote d’Ivoire was particularly slammed the for child labor. The report is titled “Oversight of Public and Private Initiatives to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor in the Cocoa Sector in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana”
Please use the comment section to suggest how the West can assist in curbing this practice of child labor so that we can ensure all children of school-going age stay in school. One solution is to the let the food and drug administration (FDA) require chocolate labeling as we have for drugs. Chocolate manufacturers should be required to certify that the raw material the use is child-labor free as passing an inspection process similar to drugs go through. Products that do not pass this will have a black box warning about child labor in the product
some us are lucky to be where we are. we used to go to farm after school 5 times a week, think abat it. Sad but that was the only way our parnets could make ends meet