date:Aug 17, 2012
Nestl and Cargill are understood to have been the buyers of the bug ridden cocoa, according to local media and reports from Reuters.
Four or five bug types were found in the shipment; all native to both Brazil and The Ivory Coast.
Reuters quotes a Brazilian agriculture ministry press officer as saying:Until it is proven that the produce coming from Ivory Coast is in conformity with Brazil's phytosanitary requirements, (the import of) produce coming from this country is suspended.
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