Tag: human rights

Extreme Working Conditions in Sugar Cane Fields Have Caused Fatal CKDnT – Kidney Disease

Extreme Working Conditions in Sugar Cane Fields Have Caused Fatal CKDnT – Kidney Disease

Another effect to the high demand for sugar – deaths from working too hard harvesting sugarcane. It is estimated that the extreme and very harsh working environments in Central American sugarcane fields have caused the death of about 20,000 people over the past 10 years 

Ivorian Cocoa Embargo Likely if Nestle, ADM and Cargill Child Slavery Case Goes Through According to Judge

Ivorian Cocoa Embargo Likely if Nestle, ADM and Cargill Child Slavery Case Goes Through According to Judge

In an article by Oliver Nieburg+ posted to Confectionery News, an Ivorian cocoa embargo will likely be if a Nestlé, ADM and Cargill child slavery case succeeds, says judge. The original case was from July 2005 from three former trafficked Mali children in the 1990s 

NCA (National Confectioners Association), Child Labor, and the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015

NCA (National Confectioners Association), Child Labor, and the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015

According to The Hill, the NCA (National Confectioners Association) wants to end any notion they support a trade loophole that enables certain importing of goods made of child or slave labor – if the demand for the product is there and supports it. The Senate