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 a company engaged in such practices and your supply chain.

Your supplier Qingdao Tianyuan Aquatic Products has received persons from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China under the state-imposed labor transfer program. The United Nations, human rights organizations and academic experts agree that since 2018, the Chinese government has systematically subjected Xinjiang’s predominantly Muslim eth…

I recently contacted you in relation to our investigation into the use of forced labor in China’s seafood processing industry, as it related to your supply chain. The email noted that one of your suppliers - Qingdao Tianyuan Aquatic Products - has received persons from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China under the state-imposed labor transfer program.

Public records show that, since 2019, the Department of Agriculture has awarded five procurement contracts to Ocean Beauty Seafoods. Can you clarify if Ocean Beauty Seafoods sourced any product from Qingdao Ti…

I’m following up on my emails dated May 24, 2023 and July 20, 2023, with additional details we have uncovered in our investigation into the use of forced labor in China’s seafood processing industry, as it relates to your supply chain. Our investigation continues to surface additional questions in relation to your company’s supply chain Ocean Beauty Seafoods imports frozen pacific cod fillets from Qingdao Lian Yang Aquatic Product, according to publicly available trade data.

Qingdao Lian Yang is linked to the company mentioned in our previous communications, Qingdao Tianyuan Aquatic Products,…