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

This link concerns a Chinese squid jigger owned by the Chinese fishery company, Rongcheng Wangdao Ocean Aquatic Products. In a seven-month period, one crew member died and a second was disembarked for emergency medical treatment after suffering serious mistreatment and abuse while on board the vessel. Our reporting documents multiple indicators of forced labor among crew onboard the vessel:…

I’m following up my email dated January 10, 2023, with additional details we have uncovered in our investigation into the Chinese squid fishing fleet and links between abuses in that industry and Performance Food Group’s supply chain.

Performance Food Group sells Pacific Ranch squid by Cal Ranch. Since 2018, Cal Ranch has imported at least four shipments of squid from the Chinese company, Rongcheng Xinhui Aquatic Products Co. Ltd. We have visual evidence of Xinhui receiving bags of squid from the Zhen Fa 7, the vessel we cited in our previous correspondence.

To recap: Our investigation has f…