EX-23.3 4 dex233.htm CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

Exhibit 23.3

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and related prospectus of Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (the company), pertaining to the Chiquita Stock and Incentive Plan, of our report dated February 27, 2008 (except for the items restated for the company’s sale of 100% of the outstanding stock of Atlanta AG, as described in Note 3, and the modification of the company’s reportable business segments as described in Note 18, as to which the date is February 26, 2009) with respect to the consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flow of the company for the year ended December 31, 2007, included in the 2009 Annual Report to Shareholders of Chiquita Brands International, Inc., filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Our audit also included the financial statement schedules of Chiquita Brands International, Inc. as of December 31, 2007 and for the year then ended, listed in Item 15(a) of the Annual Report on Form 10-K incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. These schedules are the responsibility of the company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on our audit. In our opinion, the financial statement schedules referred to above, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, present fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Cincinnati, Ohio

July 21, 2010