Correspondence
Email sent to the contact addess for Cawoods.
The email said: "We're 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 – Dandong Haimeng Co. Ltd. We have uncovered evidence that Dandong Haimeng used North Korean labor after the December 2019 deadline for the repatriation of overseas North Korean workers required under United Nations Security Council sanctions. This evidence shows North Korean labor at Dandong Haimeng’s factory in Liaoning, China, as recently as 2023. According to our research, Dandong Haimeng has supplied salted pollock to Cawoods. While we understand that you may not be aware of the above issues, we wish to ask: does Cawoods have any comment to make in response to this email? Can you confirm if any product supplied to Cawoods by Dandong Haimeng has been supplied to Tesco, Sainsbury’s, ASDA, Ocado or Amazon since December 2019?"
The Outlaw Ocean Project emailed: "As we hadn't heard back from you on this, we wanted to check in and see if you have any comment to make at this time? To clarify: The supply company in question is called Donggang Haimeng Foodstuff, based in Dandong City, Liaoning, China."