I’m contacting you in light of our latest investigation which concerns the use of forced labor in China’s food processing industry, and a link we’ve discovered between companies engaged in such practices and one of Aldi’s suppliers.

Our research shows that Cité Marine supplies Aldi with seafood products containing white fish, including pollock, sold under the Loc Marée range.

Cité Marine has imported large volumes of white fish, specifically pollock and cod, from Qingdao Tianyuan Aquatic Foodstuff Co. Ltd. since the Chinese plant is known to have first started using Xinjiang labor in 2018. O…

At ALDI, we are committed to respecting human rights and improving living as well as working conditions throughout all our supply chains. We’re focusing on any adverse impact on human rights that we might cause, contribute to or are linked to. Therefore, we are taking these allegations very seriously, and we are in close contact with all relevant suppliers to get more information. Furthermore, we are in the process of conducting internal investigations to understand the extent of the allegations and evaluate the cause to take appropriate actions. Until we have clarity on the described matter…