The World Cocoa Foundation’s Partnership Meeting promises two days of busy high-level discussions when leading industry figures gather in Amsterdam from 6 to 7 February. ConfectioneryNews is the official media partner and shall be reporting live from the event held this year in the historic Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam as part of Amsterdam Cocoa Week.
Chocolate company Mars has been found to be using cocoa beans harvested by children in Ghana, a report has been found. Children as young as five were revealed to be.
A CBS News report found children working on farms across Ghana s cocoa belt that supply to the candy giant Mars. They found children named on list used to keep kids in school were working.