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October 13, 2014

Ebola Is Threatening World Chocolate Supplies

The Ebola outbreak is starting to have an impact on other industries across the world - and the chocolate industry is now one of the victims.

As expected, the Ebola epidemic is starting to take effect on other industries in the world, and one of the most notable ones is the chocolate industry.

Chocolate makers aren’t getting the necessary cocoa they need from Africa, because the Ivory Coast’s border between Liberia and Guinea has been shut down.

The West African country is the biggest cocoa supplier in the world.

This border control is an effort to prevent Ebola spreading into the Ivory Coast, which is yet to even report a single case.

Check out the full story on Metro.