Posts tagged costa rica
Dole will not use, anywhere, any product banned for reasons of unacceptable health or environmental risk by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or by the European Union.
In an exclusive statement to Fruitnet.com, Dole responds to accusations in UK newspaper The Guardian suggesting chemicals used at its fruit production sites in Costa Rica included “some of the most controversial in the world”.
Costa Rica "will pay the price for cheap fruit"
The Guardian’s Felicity Lawrence suggests environmental laws in the country have barely kept up with recent growth and foreign investment in the fruit export industry.
