Correspondence
Email sent to Ramona Petersen, VP of Human Resources at Wismettac Asian Foods.
The email said that the company’s supplier is a Rongsense Group company, and the Rongsense Group has received persons from the Xinjiang region 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 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 and obstruct freedom to leave employment. The U.S. has prohibited the importation of goods produced from state-imposed forced labor. The email asked for comment.
Ramona Petersen replied by email, saying she was not in a position to respond but was forwarding it to "our highest leaders".
The Outlaw Ocean Project emailed to see if Wismettac has any comment to make on the issues raised in the initial email to Wismettac.