BANGKOK - Thailand, the world's top producer of coconut milk, said it will enable retailers and consumers to trace coconuts back to their source to show whether monkeys have been used for harvesting.
The PETA report caused waves across the world, with several British supermarkets saying it will stop selling some Thai coconut products, according to local media reports. A major Thai producer also said it's receiving inquiries from US and Australian retailers. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's fiancee, Carrie Symonds, also weighed in, issuing a series of tweets urging stores to boycott products using monkeys.
MONKEY SCHOOL "We have to understand that climbing tall trees for humans is a very dangerous job that could end in injury or death," said Somjai Saekow of the First Monkey School, a training center for coconut-collecting monkeys in southern Thailand."It would be great if we can find an alternative way to collect coconuts. Many of us will be happy to change."
Thailand's two major coconut producers that PETA alleges are using monkey labor denied the claims. Theppadungporn Coconut Co, the maker of Chaokoh coconut milk, said that the company buys coconuts from plantations that use humans to harvest, adding that retailers abroad have been contacting the company on this issue. Thai Agri Foods Pcl, the maker of Aroy-D coconut milk, said its products aren't sourced from plantations that use monkeys.
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