31 January, 2011

Are Chocolate Makers Banning Cote d'Ivoire Chocolate?

I wanted to try to get a list of companies who have banned Cote d'Ivoire's cocoa.  Here are the articles and press releases:

Mars:  'Won't Affect Us'= They've already paid for the beans we need for the short term. 
Callebaut: At first Callebaut needed 'clarity' now they know- they not going to stop working.

Cargill:  stopping all exports from Cote d'Ivoire
Neslte: Doesn't export from Cote d'Ivoire at all, but doesn't support the ban

Caobisco: the European Union’s association for the chocolate, biscuit and confectionery industries, of which Barry Callebaut is a member, says its main concern is to ensure the provision of the raw material.
Quite honestly people, I don't know whether Gbagbo or Ouattara would be a better president, but this conflict must be resolved and a ban would certainly push pressure on both to expedite that process of resolution!

 Stay Aware!

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