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Email sent to Tesco Ireland's press contact.
The email said that the investigation found that 'Diggers' fish goujons made from Alaska pollock and processed at Rizhao Jia Tian Xia Foods (a Meijia Group company) are sold at Tesco stores in Ireland. The email said that the Meijia Group has received persons from the Xinjiang region of China under a state-imposed labor transfer program, since 2019 and until at least May 2023. 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 programs 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.
Orla Molloy, Head of Public Relations at Tesco Ireland, emailed: "Thank you for sharing the below. Please be aware that we echo the position of Tesco Group which you would have received in recent weeks; whereby the industry position from the BRC also applies to the below query."