"ta" > wrote in message
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>
> "pearl" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > AHHHH! BETTER THAN RED WINE OR GREEN TEA,
> > COCOA FROTHS WITH CANCER-PREVENTING
> > COMPOUNDS, CORNELL FOOD SCIENTISTS SAY
>
> Is there any way to ensure that your cocoa was not produced on the backs
of
> child slaves in west africa (i.e., http://tinyurl.com/3ab8x), or has that
> issue been rectified? I recall contacting one company this year about the
> issue, and they could not give me a definitive answer. Just curious,
thanks.
>

This website lists chocolate manufacturers according to which ones do or do
not use cocoa harvested from West Africa. My rule of thumb has been to
stick with organic chocolate, because they don't grow organic cocoa beans in
that region.

http://www.radicalthought.org/A55868/cocoa.nsf/allpg!OpenPage&Start=1&Count=
500&Collapse=1

Lorraine