I’m writing to you in light of our latest investigation, which concerns abuses in the Chinese squid fishing and seafood processing industry, and a link we’ve discovered between companies engaged in abuses and a supplier in your supply chain.

Nordic Seafood has been supplied squid from a Chinese processor called Rongcheng Xinhui Aquatic Products Co. Ltd. We have visual evidence of Rongcheng Xinhui receiving squid catch from a Chinese squid jigger called the Zhen Fa 7. In a seven-month period, one Zhen Fa 7 crew member died and a second was disembarked for emergency medical treatment after suff…

I contacted you earlier this month regarding our investigation into abuses in China’s squid fishing and seafood processing industry, and am emailing today as we have additional findings to raise with you.

Trade records show that Nordic Seafood imported squid from a processor called Rizhao Jiayuan Foodstuff in 2019. This company has received Xinjiang labor, including Uyghurs, under the transfer program discussed in my previous email, since 2019 and until at least October 2022. According to our research, Nordic Seafood supplies squid to: K Group’s own-brand range, Pirkka Parhaat; ICA’s own-bran…