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Haribo: sweetened with forced labor and abused animals
In "The Haribo Check " aired on German public broadcast ARD  a documentary team audits Haribo's supply chain and finds "modern day slaves" in Brazil working to harvest carnauba wax  a key ingredient in the sweets: the plantations pay $12/day  and workers (including children) sleep out of doors  drink unfiltered river water  and have no access to toilets  under conditions that a Brazilian Labor Ministry official called "modern-day slavery."
Meanwhile  the gelatin that goes into Haribo sweets comes from suppliers to the agri-giant Westfleisch  whose pigs are pen-raised  with open sores and abscesses  wallowing in excrement  crammed up against animals that had died of mistreatment.
In response to the documentary  Westfleisch said it was "not aware" of any violations of German animal cruelty laws at its farms. Gelita said it supported all measures for "species-appropriate animal farming." Gelita also claimed that the pigskin it used came "exclusively from healthy animals that are slaughtered in approved slaughterhouses and are subject to examinations." In response to the ARD's documentary  Haribo offered a statement saying that they were not aware of a "violation of our guidelines" but that it would "proactively" pursue the issues with its suppliers. "We are a company that wants to bring joy to children and adults " the statement added. "We can therefore not accept the disregard of social and ethical standards."  Haribo  pledged to examine conditions along  its  entire supply chain in an effort to uncover abuses. The Bonn-based firm added that it did not know where the footage in the pig farms had been recorded  or whether this was one of  Haribo 's direct suppliers. The company said it had asked the broadcaster to supply it with more information  and that "in principle  everyone in society must think about how to deal with species-appropriate animal farming. We are committed to that and are aware of our responsibility."
Haribo gummy bear ingredients made by modern slaves  documentary shows [Deutsche Welle]
Haribo: sweetened with forced labor and abused animals
In "The Haribo Check " aired on German public broadcast ARD  a documentary team audits Haribo's supply chain and finds "modern day slaves" in Brazil working to harvest carnauba wax  a key ingredient in the sweets: the plantations pay $12/day  and workers (including children) sleep out of doors  drink unfiltered river water  and have no access to toilets  under conditions that a Brazilian Labor Ministry official called "modern-day slavery."
Meanwhile  the gelatin that goes into [TGT] sweets comes from suppliers to the agri-giant Westfleisch  whose pigs are pen-raised  with open sores and abscesses  wallowing in excrement  crammed up against animals that had died of mistreatment.
In response to the documentary  Westfleisch said it was "not aware" of any violations of German animal cruelty laws at its farms. Gelita said it supported all measures for "species-appropriate animal farming." Gelita also claimed that the pigskin it used came "exclusively from healthy animals that are slaughtered in approved slaughterhouses and are subject to examinations." In response to the ARD's documentary  [TGT] offered a statement saying that [TGT] were not aware of a "violation of our guidelines" but that it would "proactively" pursue the issues with its suppliers. "We are a company that wants to bring joy to children and adults " the statement added. "We can therefore not accept the disregard of social and ethical standards.[TGT]pledged to examine conditions along  [TGT]  entire supply chain in an effort to uncover abuses. The Bonn-based firm added that it did not know where the footage in the pig farms had been recorded  or whether this was one of  [TGT] 's direct suppliers. [TGT] said [TGT] had asked the broadcaster to supply [TGT] with more information  and that "in principle  everyone in society must think about how to deal with species-appropriate animal farming. [TGT] are committed to that and are aware of [TGT] responsibility."
Haribo gummy bear ingredients made by modern slaves  documentary shows [Deutsche Welle]