Tag: Nestle

• Wednesday, July 15th 2020 - 08:32 UTC

  Nestlé and Cargill face demands from slave descendants of Ivory Coast cocoa farms

  

  The US Supreme Court will decide whether American corporations can be sued for alleged human rights abuses occurring abroad under a 1789 law, agreeing to hear appeals by two companies: Cargill Inc and a Nestle SA subsidiary: accused of knowingly helping perpetuate slavery at Ivory Coast cocoa farms.

• Thursday, March 5th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Nestlé pledges to plant 3 million tress in Mexico and Brazil in the next 18 months

  

  Nestle SA is launching a reforestation project to plant at least 3 million trees in Mexico and Brazil in the next year and a half as the Swiss food group strives for carbon neutrality by 2050.

• Wednesday, December 19th 2018 - 18:11 UTC

  US to fund development in Mexico and beyond to curb immigration

  

  A plan from the United States to fund several undertakings in Mexico and Central America to create jobs and discourage migration was announced Tuesday by Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard.

• Thursday, March 15th 2018 - 08:48 UTC

  Micro-plastics presence in bottled water controversy; companies argue they operate at highest standards

  

  Test on major brands of bottled water have found that nearly all of them contained tiny particles of plastic. In the largest investigation of its kind, 250 bottles bought in nine different countries were examined. Research led by journalism organization Orb Media discovered an average of 10 plastic particles per liter, each larger than the width of a human hair.

• Thursday, June 18th 2015 - 05:10 UTC

  Nestle will destroy more than 50m dollars of Maggi noodles in India

  

  Nestle says it will destroy more than $50m worth of its hugely popular Maggi noodles, following a ban imposed by India's food safety regulator following tests have found the instant noodles “unsafe and hazardous” and has accused Nestle of failing to comply with food safety laws.

• Friday, June 5th 2015 - 09:51 UTC

  Nestle withdraws Maggi noodles from sale in India following 'lead content scare'

  

  Food group Nestle has withdrawn Maggi noodles from sale in India due to “an environment of confusion for consumers”, following a food scare sparked by reports of excess lead in some packets of the popular instant snack.