Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF), the country’s major food and shrimp exporter, is pushing its traceability system at full speed with the aim of ensuring its entire supply chain is slave-free while pledging to terminate the use of fishmeal as its feed ingredient by 2021.
Last month's report by British newspaper The Guardian accusing CPF of buying fishmeal from suppliers who own or buy from vessels employing slave labor has prompted the giant shrimp exporter to act to defend its reputation.
Assistant VP Pitipong Dejjarukul said the company is working closely with the Labor Protection and Welfare Department, Fisheries Department, Marine Department and Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to solve problems.
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