A new TV documentary alleges that children as young as 10 are using machetes to harvest pods
Highlights
- Children as young as 10 are allegedly being forced to work long hours on cocoa farms in Ghana.
- Children were also filmed using sharp knives to open cocoa pods and swinging long sticks with blades tied to them to harvest the pods from the cocoa trees.
- Mondelēz International owns Cadbury, which made global profits last year of more than £3.3bn.
- More than £300m is spent on Easter eggs and novelties each year, including more than 80m boxed eggs.
- A cocoa farmer will typically receive 7p from a milk chocolate bar costing £1 in the UK, and 11p from the dark chocolate bar.
- A study found 156 million children were involved in the cocoa industry in 2020.