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. According to our research, US Foods sells various PanaPesca squid products. Import records show that PanaPesca USA has received multiple shipments of squid from Zhejiang Industrial Group, a Chinese seafood processing company. It is majority-owned by Zhejiang Shengda Ocean, the beneficial owner of a squid ship that dropped a dead crew member at the port of Montevideo, Uruguay, in January 2019.…

Further to our email dated September 22, 2023, I'm writing to update that our investigation continues to raise questions about your company's supply chain.

A video dated December 2022 featured on the website of Zhejiang Industrial Group shows Harbor Banks packaging on a squid packing line. As detailed in our previous email, Zhejiang Industrial Group is tied to squid fishing vessels implicated in the suspicious death of a crew member in January 2019, and activity indicative of illegal fishing.

While we recognize that US Foods may not be aware of the above concerns, we wanted to ask if US Food…