AoE: Consumer Protection
The World Assembly,
RECOGNIZING the mass consumption of chocolate across the globe, resulting in international trade of goods at an enormous scale,
OBSERVING that the quality of international consumables is not only a health concern, but an individual economic concern for every person that buys chocolate,
EMPHASIZING that the goal of this resolution is not to prevent individuals from purchasing internationally traded chocolate, but to establish a set of regulations on the industries that produce them,
Hereby:
- 1. Defines "chocolate" as a preparation derived from the seeds of the cacao plant that is made in the form of a liquid, paste, powder, or block.
- 2. Mandates that for a product to be advertised, labeled, and sold as 'chocolate' it must be within the following standards:
- a. Dark, Unsweetened, or Pure Chocolate: the product must have a minimum cocoa content of 60%.
- b. Milk Chocolate: the product must have a minimum cocoa content of 35%.
- c. White Chocolate: the product must contain a minimum of 20% cocoa butter.
- d. If the product does not follow these standards, it may not be sold as chocolate, but may be advertised as chocolate flavored.
URGES that all member states ensure that internationally traded chocolates that have been imported are not the product of exploited child labor.
ENCOURAGES member states to take steps to domestically verify the origin and labor practices employed by the industrial entity of sale, further ensuring that there is no profit from exploitation of child labor.
RECOMMENDS that in cases where a member state finds that these mandates are not followed, or discovers that the product was produced as a result of exploited labor, that they take steps to ensure international sanctions are imposed.
