that two suppliers of Ocado - Nomad Foods and Young’s Seafood - are supplied seafood products by companies in China that have recieved persons from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The email asked for comment on whether white fish sourced from named Chinse plants had ended up in any of the branded white fish products under Nomad Foods or Young’s Seafood brands or in any of M&S's own branded seafood sold by Ocado.
Since we last contacted Ocado in August, our investigation into the use of forced labor in China’s seafood processing industry has made further findings which we want to bring to your attention, as they relate to your supply chain. Packaging analysis shows that a company called Cawoods Ltd. has been supplied salted pollock products from the Chinese company, Donggang Haimeng. We understand that Cawoods supplies salted pollock to Ocado, as per the Ocado website. We have uncovered evidence that Donggang Haimeng used North Korean labor after the December 2019 deadline for the repatriation of overs…