Hershey, Mars, Nestlé Sued for Sourcing Cocoa from Suppliers That Use Child Slaves
By Joshua Krause
The consumer rights law firm known as Hagens Berman filed a lawsuit against Hershey, Mars, and Nestlé on Monday, on the behalf of three
California residents. The crux of the lawsuit suggests that these
companies not only knowingly sourced their cocoa from farms in West
Africa that used child labor (and in many cases, child slave labor) but
that they broke California state law by failing to disclose this fact on
the packaging of their products.
