I’m contacting you in light of our latest investigation which concerns the use of forced labor in China’s seafood processing industry, and a link we’ve discovered between a company engaged in such practices and a supplier contract awarded by the Hawaii Department of Education.

A contract bid to supply breaded pollock fillets was approved for Channel Fish Processing Co., according to documents dated May 2021 published by the Department detailing procurement and contracts. Trade records show that Channel Fish has imported pollock from Qingdao Tianyuan Aquatic Products, a seafood processor in Ch…