INTERNATIONAL CADMIUM IN CHOCOLATE ROW SET TO RUN AND RUN
January 1st, 2012
BY JAMES FULLER
IF evidence were needed to show how globalised the confectionery sector has become - then look at the row between Ecuador and the European Union (EU) over possible EU controls limiting levels of toxic metal cadmium in cocoa powder and chocolate.
Ecuador claims these limits could be too tough for its cocoa producers, because its volcanic soils naturally include cadmium.
If the EU persists, the Ecuadorian cocoa industry could be harmed and the south American country's government is lobbying hard: insisting that the EU justifies any controls with ...
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