BANGKOK—Monkey labour to harvest coconuts for commercial products “is almost non-existent” in Thailand, the commerce minister said on Monday, after British retailers announced bans on products campaigners say use the animals in their production.
Waitrose, Co-op, Boots, and Ocado vowed not to sell products that used monkey labour, while Morrisons has already removed Thai products amid an appeal by Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s fiancée Carrie Symonds.
