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 one of Les Mousquetaires’ subsidiaries - Intermarché.

Our research shows that Cité Marine supplies Intermarché with pollock and cod. Intermarché also sells cod from Cité Marine’s Cap Océan range. Cité Marine has imported large volumes of pollock and cod from Qingdao Tianyuan Aquatic Foodstuff Co. Ltd. since the Chinese plant is known to have first started using Xinjiang labor in 2018. Our…

We contacted Intermarché in August 2023 about our investigation into the use of forced labor in China’s seafood processing industry. We have found further evidence of forced labor which we want to bring to your attention, as our investigation continues. We have uncovered evidence that the Chinese company Donggang Jinhui Foodstuff 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 the presence of North Korean labor at Donggang Jinhui Foodstuff’s factory i…