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Episode: Walmart Pulls Coconut Milk Amid Forced Monkey Labor Allegations
Description: Walmart has become the latest major retailer to drop a coconut milk brand after allegations of forced monkey labor surfaced.According to Axios, Walmart no longer sells Chaokoh products in stores and online, and the company’s Sam’s Club outlets are also no longer listing the product. Walmart joins other retailers including Target, Costco, Kroger and more in dropping the brand amid pressure from PETA.In 2019, PETA investigators in Asia surfaced several instances in Thailand of a coconut supplier using chained-up monkeys to pick the fruit for major Thailand-based brands like Chaokoh. A follow-up inve...