Correspondence
Email sent to the contact address for Shandong Shuangdu Ocean Product Co. Ltd.
The email said: "I’m contacting you in light of our latest investigation which concerns the use of forced labor in China’s seafood processing industry.
Shandong Shuangdu Ocean Product Co. Ltd. is a Chishan Group company. The Chishan Group has received persons from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China under a state-imposed labor transfer program, since 2021 and as recently as 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 and obstruct freedom to leave employment. The U.S. has prohibited the importation of goods produced from state-imposed forced labor.
Shandong Shuangdu Ocean Product Co. Ltd.’s international customers include companies in the U.S., where the importation of goods produced from state-imposed forced labor is prohibited.
Can Shandong Shuangdu Ocean Product Co. Ltd. confirm or deny if any Uyghurs were employed to work at the plant at any time over the past five years? Can you also clarify if Shandong Shuangdu operates as part of Shandong Haidu Ocean Product Co. Ltd. or if it is a separate business entity?
Does Shandong Shuangdu Ocean Product Co. Ltd. have any comment or statement to make in response to the above information? Please respond to this email by close of business on September 7, 2023, and note that all interactions are fully on record."