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ABIDJAN (Reuters)-. Nestle (NESNNTLC VX).CI will be partnering with the Fair Labor Association (FLA) to investigate whether children working in cocoa farms that supply factories in Ivory Coast, he said in a statement on Monday.
West African countries that provide two-thirds of cocoa in the world has long been targeted by allegations of human rights groups international that children work as slaves on their plantation in cocoa.
Ivory Coast cocoa sector and Government, foreign multinationals who export and processing cocoa has all players come under the supervision of consumer rights and increase campaign groups for "Fair Trade" foods untainted by violence, enslavement or destruction of natural forests.
"Nestle has decided to work with the Fair Labor Association (FLA) to investigate whether children working in cocoa farms that supply the factories," said a joint statement.