Net Zero | McCormick & Company

Respecting Human Rights | McCormick & Company

Brands | McCormick Corporation

News Center | McCormick & Company

Flavor | McCormick & Company

People | McCormick & Company

Company | McCormick & Company

404 | McCormick Corporation

Governance and Approach | McCormick & Company

Health and Food Safety | McCormick & Company

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

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Title / URL	Issues
Net Zero \| McCormick & Companywww.mccormickcorporation.com/en/responsibility/planet/climate-action/journey-to-net-zero	7
Respecting Human Rights \| McCormick & Companywww.mccormickcorporation.com/en/responsibility/communities/respecting-human-rights	7
Brands \| McCormick Corporationwww.mccormickcorporation.com/en/brands	7
News Center \| McCormick & Companywww.mccormickcorporation.com/en/news-center	7
Flavor \| McCormick & Companywww.mccormickcorporation.com/en/flavor	7
People \| McCormick & Companywww.mccormickcorporation.com/en/responsibility/people	7
Company \| McCormick & Companywww.mccormickcorporation.com/en/company	7
404 \| McCormick Corporationwww.mccormickcorporation.com/invented-url-for-404-page	7
Governance and Approach \| McCormick & Companywww.mccormickcorporation.com/en/responsibility/governance-and-approach	7
Health and Food Safety \| McCormick & Companywww.mccormickcorporation.com/en/responsibility/people/health-and-food-safety	7

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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