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We take the allegations within the recent Guardian article very seriously and are working alongside the British Retail Consortium, other retailers and Ethical Trading Initiative to support Del Monte in its investigative processes to ensure these concerning reports are investigated fully.
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Morrisons is dropping Del Monte Kenya as a supplier of pineapple products until the company better protects human rights
In a recent investigation by the Guardian and The Bureau for Investigative Journalism, representatives of Del Monte Kenya were accused in interviews and affidavits of offering bribes to witnesses to cover up the circumstances in which Francis and the other men were killed. “We do not bribe. We do not instruct our guards to beat,” the Del Monte spokesperson told OCCRP in response to the allegations. “We believe that these misleading headlines are part of a disinformation campaign being led by interested parties with close connections to the media.”
A human rights group and community activists filed a lawsuit Saturday against U.S. multinational food giant Del Monte over accusations of killings and assaults at its vast pineapple plantation near Nairobi.
Commission ‘concerned and disturbed’ by claims of lethal violence by security guards on Del Monte farm
Investigation uncovers villagers’ claims of violence at farm that is single largest exporter of Kenyan produce to the world