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Mars in a bitter struggle with cocoa-addicted moths

By Lauren Foster in New York

Published: August 7 2006 03:00 | Last updated: August 7 2006 03:00

Mars, one of the world's biggest chocolate producers, is waging war on a new and deadly competitor: a small south-east Asian moth that has a cocoa addiction.

The maker of M&Ms and Snickers has sent a team to Papua New Guinea to combat an outbreak of the cocoa pod borer.

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