80% of the world's chocolate comes from cocoa fields in Ghana and the Ivory Coast, according to CorpWatch. [4] Pressure has been put on cocoa farmers all over the world to "check that their cocoa is not produced using child labour or slavery." [5]

The issue of child labour in the cocoa business came to light in 2000 when BBC aired Slavery: A Global Investigation.

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After 2008, the Chocolate Manufacturers Association and its members agreed to a contract that forbade child labour and trafficking in the cocoa sector. Many kids are still made to labour on cocoa plantations in Africa in spite of this attempt.

To combat child labour, Mars and Cadbury joined the Rainforest Alliance in 2009. Several large chocolate producers intended to remove child labour entirely by the year 2020.   

Has milk been added to 100% dark chocolate?
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandates the labelling of items made with milk because it is one of the eight main food allergens. "Dairy free" is the designation for any item that doesn't contain milk.

The FDA discovered that some dark chocolate that was advertised as "dairy free" actually contained dangerous amounts of the milk allergy. In a 2018 and 2019 FDA survey, four out of 52 goods evaluated contained enough milk to trigger an allergic reaction in people who are sensitive to dairy products. These four goods were all recalled.

Dark chocolate and milk chocolate are frequently made by the same commercial chocolatiers using the same machinery.

While we relish the sweetness of chocolate, children in Africa live in a world that is remarkably different.

Consumers all around the world were horrified to learn in 2001 that the Ivory Coast, a nation that produces about half of the world's cocoa, had child labour, slavery, human trafficking, and other abuses on its cocoa farms. Soon after, there was a deluge of unfavourable press and customer requests for explanations and solutions.

Congressman Eliot Engel of New York and Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa included a rider to an agricultural bill that proposed a federal system to certify and mark chocolate products as slave free in order to address the issue.

The legislation, which was approved by the House of Representatives, put Cargill, Archer Daniels Midland Mars,

Did you realise that chocolate contains a hidden element that you were unaware of? Unbeknownst to most people, the majority of cocoa beans are harvested in Côte d'Ivoire using child labour. Chocolate is one of the most popular products in the world. Most youngsters that are smuggled to their "owners" do so after being duped into the process. It appears that the widely held assumption that slavery had been abolished had just been modified. Major concerns affecting the chocolate industry are clarified in the documentary "The Dark Side of Chocolate" (Miki Mistrati, 2010). Child labour, child trafficking, and corporate social responsibility are the main concerns discussed because huge corporations like Nestle participate in these heinous crimes against these young people.