Tony's said it was removed from Slave Free Chocolate list "a few months ago"
Tony's Chocolonely, the Netherlands-based firm making confectionery from ethically-sourced cocoa, has responded to the company's removal from the Slave Free Chocolate list because of its links to ingredients supplier Barry Callebaut.
Barry Callebaut is among seven confectionery and ingredients giants facing a lawsuit over alleged child labour infringements filed last Friday (12 February) by the Washington DC-based human rights organisation International Rights Advocates on behalf of eight former cocoa plantation workers in the west African country of Cote D'Ivoire, who claim they were forced to work without pay when they were still children.