Correspondence
Email sent to Sysco Corporation's media team with a query for Sysco France.
The email said that Cité Marine, a supplier of processed Alaska pollock products to the Sysco France subsidiary Davigel, sources Alaska pollock from a company called Qingdao Tianyuan Aquatic Products. Qingdao Tianyuan Aquatic Products has received persons from the Xinjiang region of China under a state-imposed labor transfer program. Davigel Alaska pollock products are available for sale via Sysco France. The United Nations, human rights organizations and academic experts agree that since 2018, the Chinese government has systematically subjected Xinjiang’s predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities to forced labor across the country via state-sanctioned employment schemes which use coercive methods in worker enrollment. The U.S. has prohibited the importation of goods produced from state-imposed forced labor. The email asked for comment.
A second email was sent to Sysco asking if Sysco France had any response to the email dated July 14, 2023.
Shannon Mutschler, Senior Director, External Communications at Sysco (based in the U.S.) emailed: "I am following up with the French team on this."
The Outlaw Ocean Project emailed asking for a response from Sysco and Sysco France to the outstanding queries.