Correspondence
Message sent to NTC Wismettac via the contact form on the company's website.
The message said: "Iʼm contacting you in light of our latest investigation which concerns the use of forced labor in Chinaʼs food processing industry, and a link weʼve discovered between a company engaged in such practices and your supply chain. NTC Wismettac Europe B.V.ʼs supplier Rizhao Rongxing Food Co. Ltd. is a Rongsense Group company.
The Rongsense Group has received multiple groups of persons from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the Peopleʼs Republic 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 Xinjiangʼs 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.
Does NTC Wismettac Europe B.V. have any comment or statement to make in light of the above information? Please respond to this query by close of business July 18, 2023."
The company replied by email: "Thank you for your enquiry to NTC Wismettac Europe B.V. We will review your query and you will be contacted shortly."