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 a company engaged in such practices and your supply chain. Your supplier Qingdao Tianyuan Aquatic Products has received persons from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China under the state-imposed labor transfer program. The United Nations, human rights organizations and academic experts agree that since 2018, the Chinese government has systematically subjected Xinjiang’s predominantly Muslim ethn…

I recently contacted Channel Fish Processing in relation to our investigation into the use of forced labor in China’s seafood processing industry, as it related to your supply chain. The email noted that one of your suppliers - Qingdao Tianyuan Aquatic Products - has received persons from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China under the state- imposed labor transfer program.

Public records show that, since 2018, the Department of Agriculture and Department of Justice have awarded seventeen procurement contracts to Channel Fish Processing.

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