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Confectionary manufacturer Cadbury has announced it will no longer use cocoa produced using African child labour in their main chocolate range.
From April next year Cadbury's most popular dairy milk range will carry a fair trade logo which is used world wide to show ethical company behaviour.
Cadbury says this move will triple the amount of fair trade product sold throughout New Zealand.
Non-governmental organisation Oxfam has welcomed the decision which follows the lead of Cadbury in the United Kingdom.
"Cadbury is showing real leadership and we hope other New Zealand food manufacturers will follow suit," Oxfam executive director Barry Coates.
Coates says the organisation will continue to encourage Cadbury and other chocolate manufacturers to source all of their ingredients for all of their chocolate from fair trade sources.
According to Oxfam, sales of fair trade certified products including coffee, tea and chocolate reached NZ$10.5 million in 2008 - up 50% on 2007.
Last week Cadbury also made the decision to remove palm oil from their chocolate.
The palm oil used was sustainably sourced but the ingredient is typically linked to rain forest destruction and its use caused a consumer backlash.
