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 your supplier, Seafood Connection B/V. Seafood Connection supplies various seafood products - including squid, shrimp, octopus, eel and fish roes - to Metro.

Trade data shows that Seafood Connection has been supplied seafood from Shandong Haidu Ocean Product Co. Ltd., Yantai Sanko Fisheries Co. Ltd., Rizhao Meijia Keyuan Foodstuff, Rizhao Rirong Aquatic Food and Rizhao Rongxing Food Co.…

Thank you for your inquiry regarding the source of our products in connection with the issue of forced labor in China's food processing industry.

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