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.
The United Nations, human rights organizations and academic experts agree that since 2018, the Chinese government has systematically subjected Xinjiang’s predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities to forced labor across the country via state-sanctioned employment schemes which use coercive methods in worker enrollment.
The company Shandong Meijia Group has received persons…
Our investigation continues to surface additional questions in relation to your company’s supply chain, specifically your suppliers Nomad Foods and Young's Seafood.
Our research shows that Northseafood Holland and Unibond Seafood International are white fish suppliers to Nomad Foods brands, which include the Birds Eye, Findus and Iglo ranges retailing across Europe. Iceland stocks a range of Nomad Foods’ Birds Eye branded products containing white fish, including cod and pollock. Northseafood Holland has imported shipments of white fish, including pollock, from the processor, Yantai Sanko Fis…
The Outlaw Ocean Project's publishing partner in the UK, Sky News, contacted Iceland, saying: "We are working with Outlaw Ocean Project, an NGO, who have identified Uyghur people working at seafood factories in eastern China, as part of a government labour transfer program. Human rights advocates have warned that this scheme amounts to the forced labour of Uyghur people and other minorities from Xinjiang . We have identified Uyghur workers employed at Shandong Meijia Group. The company’s website says that Iceland is an international partner of the group, and Meijia plant codes have been found…
We can confirm that Iceland is not, nor has not for a significant period, received any products from such sites. It is Iceland’s policy to be able to act responsibly in all commercial and trading activities to establish that the working conditions of people working for, and within the supply chain, meet relevant international standards. We expect that all suppliers of products and services to Iceland comply with the “ETI Base Code”, and this is also supported by working closely together with SEDEX, its members and our suppliers on wide-ranging issues such as the movement/relocation of Uyghur M…