Oxfam has claimed that tea and coffee plantation growers working for suppliers to the UK 's largest supermarkets are being subjected to inhumane working conditions . The charity said low pay , abuse and gender discrimination had been reported on various farms in India and Brazil , with some claiming that a lack of access to toilets and clean drinking water meant cholera and malaria were often prevalent . but the workers who toil for hours to harvest tea and fruit face inhumane working conditions and are paid so little they can’t even feed their families.” Aldi , Morrisons , Boots , Sainsbury ##s and Lidl have all confirmed they source products from the farms in question , while Asda declined to comment .
Oxfam has claimed that tea and coffee plantation growers working for suppliers to the UK 's largest supermarkets are being subjected to inhumane working conditions . The charity said low pay , abuse and gender discrimination had been reported on various farms in India and Brazil , with some claiming that a lack of access to toilets and clean drinking water meant cholera and malaria were often prevalent . Aldi , Morrisons , Boots , Sainsbury ##s and Lidl have all confirmed they source products from the farms in question , while Asda declined to comment .