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 your supply chain.

Seafood Connection’s suppliers Shandong Haidu Ocean Product Co. Ltd. and Yantai Sanko Fisheries Co. Ltd. have 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 s…

I emailed you last month regarding the findings of our investigation into abuses in the Chinese squid fishing and seafood processing industry, and I’m contacting you again today to raise further findings with you.

Trade data shows that Seafood Connection has been consigned shipments of seafood from the suppliers Rizhao Meijia Keyuan Foodstuff, Rizhao Rirong Aquatic Food and Rizhao Rongxing.

Rizhao Meijia is a Meijia Group company, while Rizhao Rirong and Rizhao Ronxing are Rongsense Group companies. The Meijia Group and the Rongsense Group have received persons from the Xinjiang region of Ch…

Seafood Connection will not tolerate any infringement of human rights in its supply chains. Seafood Connection has set itself the goal, together with the sector association, to work with its suppliers to prevent human rights violations, including forced labor. We therefore require all suppliers to sign an Ethical Trade Agreement, based on the Ethical Trading Initiative Base Code. All suppliers of products that Seafood Connection supplis to Western European supermarkets have also been audited by an independent third party according to the social standards of SMETA, BSCI or SA8000. The company w…