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 suppliers in your supply chain - Shandong Haidu and Rongcheng Haibo. Chicago Oriental Wholesale Market stocks Sea Relation’s Sea Apple squid products.

Sea Relation imports squid from processors called Shandong Haidu and Rongcheng Haibo, based in China. Shandong Haidu and Rongcheng Haibo have received persons from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China unde…

We previously contacted Chicago Oriental Wholesale Market on July 17, 2023, regarding our investigation into China’s seafood processing industry and squid fishing fleet. We are contacting you now to highlight additional findings made in our ongoing investigation, as they relate to your supply chain.

According to our research, Imaex Trading provides squid products under its Captain A and Beauty Wing brands to Chicago Oriental Wholesale Market. Trade data seen by The Outlaw Ocean Project shows that Imaex Trading was the consignee for dozens of shipments of seafood from a Chinese company called…