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 suppliers in your supply chain - Yantai Sanko Fisheries and Qingdao Tianyuan Aquatic. Packaging analysis shows that some fish products retailing under the Findus brand are produced by Northseafood Holland BV.
Northseafood Holland BV has imported shipments of fish from the processor, Yantai Sanko Fisheries Co. Ltd., based in China. Yantai Sanko Fisheries Co. Ltd. has received persons from…
Is it possible to have some additional time – ideally a week - to allow us to investigate the information in your email with the suppliers mentioned and relevant auditors. It would also be helpful to understand when any article(s) is due to appear and the scope. For example, is your piece mostly focused on broader food processing or more specifically fish processing in China. Given that the processors you mentioned will have links to hundreds of companies, could you also let me know if your intention is for Nomad Foods or any of our brands to be a key focus or prominently featured in the piece…
Thank you very much for your engagement on this, we really appreciate it. We also understand that Nomad operates a complex supply chain, though we will need to receive your reply to our enquiries by close of business August 10, 2023.
You are correct that many companies are implicated in our findings, and we have been in touch with hundreds to date. Our investigation concerns seafood processing in China, as well as wider global supply chains. We can’t give dates and names right now, but we partner with various publishers and broadcasters around the world and we expect this work to be published…
Our Supplier Code of Conduct, which is available on our website, outlines the standards that we, our suppliers, and their suppliers need to meet and exceed. This includes complying with all applicable human rights laws and regulations, for example, upholding the stronger of either the International Labour Organization standard or applicable local social and collective action rights of workers. Taking proactive action to identify, address and remediate any human rights risk and taking steps to ensure workers have decent working conditions is of critical importance to us. To help us to do this,…
We can’t provide reveal information on our sources or methods at this time, but we can say that we have authenticated video and/or images from each of the aforementioned plants (Qingdao Tianyuan, Yantai Sanko, and Yantai Longwin), along with corroborating government and state media documents that demonstrate the presence of Uyghur workers. Please let us know ASAP if Nomad has any comment to make and thanks again.
Our investigation continues to surface questions in relation to your company's supply chain.
Our research further indicates that Nomad Foods brand Birds Eye is a large supplier to UK healthcare and (primary, secondary and higher) education facilities.
Can Nomad confirm whether any seafood sourced from Qingdao Tianyuan, Yantai Sanko, Yantai Longwin or any Chinese processor has been supplied by Nomad brands to UK healthcare or education facilities since 2018? Can Nomad confirm that it is confident that no seafood produced through Uyghur forced labor has been supplied by its brands to UK health…
As outlined in our earlier email Nomad Foods is committed to ensuring human rights are respected as outlined by the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Our Supplier Code of Conduct, which is available on our website, outlines the standards that our suppliers and their suppliers need to meet and exceed. This includes complying with all applicable human rights laws and regulations, for example, upholding the stronger of either the International Labour Organisation standards or applicable local laws. Taking proactive action to identify, address and remedy human rights risk and tak…
A coalition of eighteen NGOs wrote to thirteen major seafood distributors and retailers, including Nomad Foods, asking a series of questions connected to the Outlaw Ocean's reporting. Their email to Nomad Foods said: "Dear Nomad Foods,
We are writing to you on behalf of a consortium of human rights NGOs requesting an update on the steps Cité Marine has taken following the investigation published by The Outlaw Ocean Project. The investigation highlighted concerns about state-imposed Uyghur and North Korean forced labor across the Chinese seafood processing facilities, including within your com…