Many said they were launching investigations when told their supply chains were linked to people held against their will in sheds like the Gig factory, which sat behind a gate off a busy street, between railroad tracks and a river. The businesses that responded condemned the practices that lead to these conditions. AP reporters went to supermarkets in all 50 states and found shrimp products from supply chains tainted with forced labour.Įuropean and Asian import and export records are confidential, but the Thai companies receiving shrimp tracked by the AP all say they ship to Europe and Asia as well. It also entered the supply chains of some of America's best-known seafood brands and pet foods, including Chicken of the Sea and Fancy Feast, which are sold in grocery stores from Safeway and Schnucks to Piggly Wiggly and Albertsons. food stores and retailers such as Wal-Mart, Kroger, Whole Foods, Dollar General and Petco, along with restaurants such as Red Lobster and Olive Garden.
customs records show the shrimp made its way into the supply chains of major U.S. They also traced similar connections from another factory raided six months earlier, and interviewed more than two dozen workers from both sites. customs records and Thai industry reports, tracked it globally. Last month, AP journalists followed and filmed trucks loaded with freshly peeled shrimp from the Gig shed to major Thai exporting companies and then, using U.S.
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