KitKat row over use of Fairtrade chocolate stamp (From York Press)

Its all a load of BS, yes the cocoa may be fair trade but what about all the palm oil that Nestle use in their products. Anything but fair. Its pure deception.

I'm no fan of Nestle and I agree that their use of the Fairtrade notion whilst simultaneously using palm oil and other non-Fairtrade stuff is hardly consistent. However, it's also worth pointing out (as the The Press probably ought to have) is that the Institute of Economic Affairs is a leading hard right free market think tank- which might contextualise their views somewhat

Nestle does not process it's own cocoa. They get their supplies at York from Cargill cocoa who are situated on the Wiggington Road side of the site. So they need asking about it. Huge American privately owned company, who have been accused of destroying the rainforest in their quest for worldwide food domination. Heavily into oils, meat etc etc

Don't buy corporate products if you want to save the planet and indigenous people, but you'll also be in a minority who don't make any difference in real terms. Man exploits resources till they run out, man exploits man hence slavery and dictatorships, just live with it.

I see Nestle have been in bed with the York Press again this week! Can we not go one week without a free advert for the Robert Mugabe, baby killing ,Nestle???

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What Neslte are really about :

UNETHICAL MARKETING OF ARTIFICIAL BABYMILK :
Since 1977 (with a break from 1984-1988), Nestlé has been the subject of an international boycott for its dubious marketing strategies. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 1.5 million infants die each year because of inappropriate feeding...

EXPLOITING FARMERS
In 2001, Nestlé faced criticism for buying cocoa from the Ivory Coast and Ghana, which may have been produced using child slaves. According to an investigative report by the BBC, hundreds of thousands of children in Mali, Burkina Faso and Togo were being purchased from their destitute parents and shipped to the Ivory Coast, to be sold as slaves to cocoa farms.

UNION BUSTING
There have been several examples of Nestlé being involved in denying workers their right to collectively bargain. In Colombia, where trade unionists have been consistently targeted by right-wing paramilitiaries, eight Nestlé employees affiliated with the Food and Drink Workers Union SINALTRAINAL have been assassinated.

PROMOTION OF GM FOODS
More recently, Nestlé has been under attack for its enthusiasm for GM foods.

THE ETHIOPIA SCANDAL
Just before Christmas 2002, Oxfam revealed that Nestlé was demanding millions of dollars in compensation from Ethiopia – precisely when the country was in the midst of an extreme drought that put over 11 million people at risk for starvation.

ILLEGAL EXTRACTION OF GROUNDWATER
Nestlé production of mineral water involves the abuse of vulnerable water resources. In the Serra da Mantiqueira region of Brazil, home to the “circuit of waters” park whose groundwater has a high mineral content and medicinal properties, over-pumping has resulted in depletion and long-term damage.

PYRES OF BURNING ANIMALS
Nestlé has recently been exposed regarding its part in persuading the British government not to vaccinate livestock during the Foot and Mouth disease crisis. The then Chief Executive of Nestlé UK, Peter Blackburn, who is also president of the Food and Drink Federation, lobbied the government, which was apparently about to introduce a vaccination programme, and, along with the National Farmers' Union, who also opposed vaccination, managed to force a complete turnaround in policy .

FRAUDULENT LABELING
In November 2002, police ordered Nestlé Colombia to decommission 200 tons of imported powdered milk. The milk had come from Uruguay under the brand name Conaprole, but the sacks had been repackaged with labels stating they had come from a local Nestlé factory, and stamped with false production dates of 20th September and 6th October 2002. The real production dates were between August 2001 and February 2002.A month later another 120 tons with similarly false country of origin and production dates were discovered, pointing to systematic fraud.

THE LIST GOES ON & ON & ON & ON..........

btw it shoudl read Mugabe fans, not just Mugabe. As Nestle buy much of their produce from a Mugabe owned farm.

Boycott Nestle,

Here is the Kit-Kat video that Nestle tried to ban

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This article was generated by a press release from Nestle.
Quite why they feel the need to use this local paper to defend themselves against claims made in a national is unclear. Why not answer their detractors directly?

Fairtrade is a load of rubbish anyway. Companies only go along with it so they can appear to look good. Companies like Nestle are in it for one thing, money. Its a dog eat dog world.

Love it! People are paroodying themselves again in their comments on here.

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btw it shoudl read Mugabe fans, not just Mugabe. As Nestle buy much of their produce from a Mugabe owned farm.

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This is clearly not relevant to the topic but I did not want to degrade any story linked remembrance day. But.. why is this story being buried, surely it is a crime that our flag can be burnt, not only on such a poignant day, but any day? Why is this blatant disrespect of our country allowed to continue?