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|Description=Nestlé S.A is a Swiss multinational food and beverage processing conglomerate corporation. | |||
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===Child labor and modern slavery=== | ===Child labor and modern slavery=== | ||
<ref>{{Cite web |last=Raghavan |first=Sudarsan |last2=Chatterjee |first2=Sumana |date=2001-05-24 |title=Stop Chocolate Slavery |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060917014323/ | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Raghavan |first=Sudarsan |last2=Chatterjee |first2=Sumana |date=2001-05-24 |title=Stop Chocolate Slavery |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060917014323/https://vision.ucsd.edu/~kbranson/stopchocolateslavery/atasteofslavery.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=combating child labour in cocoa growing |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630204954/https://www.ilo.org/public//english//standards/ipec/themes/cocoa/download/2005_02_cl_cocoa.pdf |url-status=dead |website=International Labour Organization}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-04-12 |title=Mali's children in chocolate slavery |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1272522.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226141935/https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1272522.stm |archive-date=2008-12-26 |access-date=2025-10-05 |website=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-05-04 |title=Ivory Coast accuses chocolate companies |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1311982.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114115945/https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1311982.stm |archive-date=2009-01-14 |access-date=2025-10-05 |website=BBC News}}</ref> | ||
===Food safety=== | ===Food safety=== | ||
Starting from the 1970s Nesté employed a marketing strategy for their infant formula, targeting mothers in poor and underdeveloped regions. This strategy included disguising market representatives as health care providers to falsely claim health benefits of their product compared to breast milk and handing out free samples portioned such that the mothers would loose the ability to produce breast milk. These marketing practices being performed in under developed regions resulted in adverse health effects and deaths. Since many mothers could not afford a sufficient supply of formula they would stretch the portions leading to malnutrition of the child. The fact that the formula has to be mixed with water combined with the poor access to safe drinking water resulted in many children suffering from as succumbing to disease such as cholera. | |||
===Stealing water=== | ===Stealing water=== | ||
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| Basic information | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1866 |
| Legal Structure | Public |
| Industry | Food processing |
| Also known as | |
| Official website | https://www.nestle.com/ |
Nestlé S.A is a Swiss multinational food and beverage processing conglomerate corporation.
Consumer-impact summary
[edit | edit source]In Nestlé's over a century of operation, the company has been embroiled in a significant amount of controversies for its business practices. These range from deforestation and food safety to outright modern day slave labor.
Incidents
[edit | edit source]This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the Nestlé category.
Child labor and modern slavery
[edit | edit source]Food safety
[edit | edit source]Starting from the 1970s Nesté employed a marketing strategy for their infant formula, targeting mothers in poor and underdeveloped regions. This strategy included disguising market representatives as health care providers to falsely claim health benefits of their product compared to breast milk and handing out free samples portioned such that the mothers would loose the ability to produce breast milk. These marketing practices being performed in under developed regions resulted in adverse health effects and deaths. Since many mothers could not afford a sufficient supply of formula they would stretch the portions leading to malnutrition of the child. The fact that the formula has to be mixed with water combined with the poor access to safe drinking water resulted in many children suffering from as succumbing to disease such as cholera.
Stealing water
[edit | edit source]Products
[edit | edit source]See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Raghavan, Sudarsan; Chatterjee, Sumana (2001-05-24). "Stop Chocolate Slavery".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "combating child labour in cocoa growing" (PDF). International Labour Organization.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Mali's children in chocolate slavery". BBC News. 2001-04-12. Archived from the original on 2008-12-26. Retrieved 2025-10-05.
- ↑ "Ivory Coast accuses chocolate companies". BBC News. 2001-05-04. Archived from the original on 2009-01-14. Retrieved 2025-10-05.