This is what Coldiretti denounces, on the basis of the list of products obtained from the exploitation of children drawn up in the "List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor" of the US Department of Labor for 2020, on the occasion of the Day against child labor that it is celebrated on June 12th. Minors are used for the cultivation or production of many foods that end up on our tables, Coldiretti complains, "sometimes even passed off as Italians thanks to the lack of the obligation of origin labeling which still affects about a fifth of food expenditure ". In reality, the European Union, notes Coldiretti, "not only allows food products obtained from the exploitation of children to enter its market without obstacles, but in some cases facilitates them through preferential trade agreements. It is a behavior that behind the objective of free trade often hides precise economic interests that speculate on even child labor. With trade agreements, the European Union, says the ...
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