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Walmart drops Chaokoh coconut milk after PETA allegations about forced monkey labor

Walmart is pulling a popular brand of coconut milk off their shelves after reports of forced monkey labor.

Walmart became the latest retail giant to drop Chaokoh coconut milk from its catalog. 

The mega-retailer pulled the beverage due to repeated allegations of monkey slave labor in its production. 

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) accused the Thai coconut milk supplier of using monkey slave laborers for harvest, which it claims are kept chained and improperly cared for.

TARGET WON’T SELL THAI COCONUT MILK AFTER PROBE SHOWS PRODUCT MADE BY FORCED MONKEY LABOR: REPORT

Workers pack cans with coconut milk at Chaokoh coconut products company plant in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand July 23, 2020.  (REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa / Reuters Photos)

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