I’m writing to you in light of our latest investigation, which concerns abuses in the Chinese squid fishing industry, and a link we’ve discovered between companies engaged in abuses and your supply chain.

This link concerns a Chinese squid jigger owned by the Chinese fishery company, Rongcheng Wangdao Ocean Aquatic Products. In a seven-month period, one crew member died and a second was disembarked for emergency medical treatment after suffering serious mistreatment and abuse while on board the vessel. Our reporting documents multiple indicators of forced labor among crew onboard the vessel:…

I wrote to you earlier this year regarding The Outlaw Ocean Project’s investigation into abuses in the Chinese squid fishing industry as it related to your supply chain. I am contacting you again in light of new findings made as part of our ongoing reporting, which concerns the use of forced labor in China’s food processing industry.

Grand BK’s suppliers Rizhao Meijia Aquatic Foodstuff Co. Ltd. and Rizhao Meijia Keyuan Foods Co. Ltd. are Meijia Group companies. The Meijia Group and another of Grand BK’s suppliers, Rongcheng Haibo, have received persons from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Regi…