PETA warns of class action lawsuit if coconut labelling system promise not kept

[webfact]

PETA warns of class action lawsuit if coconut labelling system promise not kept

 

 

PETA has welcomed the Thai Commerce Ministry’s use of a traceable labelling system, intended to ensure that Thai coconuts are not harvested by monkeys, but warned that Thai companies exporting coconut products which do not comply with the system may face class action lawsuits, said PETA senior vice president for International Campaigns, Jason Baker, in a statement issued on Thursday.

 

“We would welcome the use of a traceability system if it is genuine, but we know, from experience, that people in business are not always forthright.  That is why we caution companies that, if they give any false assurances, they will face a class action lawsuit for misrepresentation and, for that reason alone, the effectiveness of this labelling system must withstand scrutiny,” said Mr. Baker.

 

Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanavisit chaired a meeting with all parties concerned, including the exporters of coconut products, the Association of Cruelty against Animals of Thailand and the Friends of Wild Animals Foundation, to discuss ways to stop the use of monkey labour in coconut harvesting and to clarify the matter to supermarkets in Britain, which have boycotted Thai coconut products in response to calls from PETA.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/peta-warns-of-class-action-lawsuit-if-coconut-labelling-system-promise-not-kept/

 

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[rasmus5150]

Threatening with lawsuits will not help this situation.

 

Uphold the ban until this cruel practice stops.

[Geoffggi]

16 hours ago, webfact said:

“We would welcome the use of a traceability system if it is genuine, but we know, from experience, that people in business are not always forthright.  That is why we caution companies that, if they give any false assurances, they will face a class action lawsuit for misrepresentation and, for that reason alone, the effectiveness of this labelling system must withstand scrutiny,” said Mr. Baker.

Teach the monkeys to sign each coconut they pick ......LOL This whole saga is stupid, it is a shame they do not have more important things to occupy their minds....!!!

[thequietman]

29 minutes ago, Geoffggi said:

Teach the monkeys to sign each coconut they pick ......LOL This whole saga is stupid, it is a shame they do not have more important things to occupy their minds....!!!

You wouldn't be saying that if you were one of these monkeys. Saying that, if you're a monkey, you are not going to say anything, but you get my point!  ????

 

Have a banana. ????

[Airalee]

Looks like PETA’s funding has dropped.  Nothing like a nice lucrative class action lawsuit to fatten the coffers.

 

https://www.animalactivistwatch.com/animal-rights/public-loses-faith-in-peta/

[hotchilli]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

“We would welcome the use of a traceability system if it is genuine, but we know, from experience, that people in business are not always forthright.

Tell Thailand to stick the traceability system where the sun don't shine... it's pointless as experience has shown.

[pattjock]

I wonder when PETA will ask for banning of the use of buffaloes for plowing rice fields, horse racing, guide dogs for blind, emotional support animals, sniffer dogs, mine sniffing rats, dog racing. The list goes on forever not even counting animals bread for food.

[Emdog]

PETA euthanizes thousands of dogs and cats each year. Glass houses and all that. This article is a bit older, but plenty of more recent https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/07/us/peta-finds-itself-on-receiving-end-of-others-anger.html

[lujanit]

I may be wrong however doesn’t a class action lawsuit need a lot of people wrongly affected to join for it to be a class action lawsuit?  How is PETA going to identify these people? Put out an ad asking for people who have been adversely affected who have used coconut milk because the coconuts were picked by monkeys?  How can one tell if the coconut was picked by a monkey?

[rosst]

Ah Peta, a pox upon your house you bunch of cretinous troglodytes. 

You have your views but your methods of trying to force them on people does not sit well with me. 

[Orton Rd]

12 hours ago, Emdog said:

PETA euthanizes thousands of dogs and cats each year. Glass houses and all that. This article is a bit older, but plenty of more recent https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/07/us/peta-finds-itself-on-receiving-end-of-others-anger.html

They are not all bad then, i'd contribute to that