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 your supply chain – Donggang Jinhui Foodstuff Co. Ltd. We have uncovered evidence that Donggang Jinhui has used North Korean labor after the December 2019 deadline for the repatriation of overseas North Korean workers required under United Nations Security Council sanctions. This evidence shows North Korean labor at Donggang Jinhui’s plant in Liaoning, China, as recently as 2023.Under t…

We emailed HF Foods Group on December 14, 2023 with a query regarding Great Wall Seafood VA LLC. Since then, our ongoing investigation into the use of forced labor in China’s seafood processing industry has made additional findings, including concerning a Chinese company called Dandong Zhengrun Food Co. Ltd. A video shared online by Dandong Zhengrun Food Co. Ltd. shows that the processor has received catch from a Chinese fishing vessel called the Liao Dan Yu 15035. Satellite tracking shows that the Liao Dan Yu 15035 repeatedly fished in North Korean waters in 2023 before returning to port at D…