• US
    official decries shrimp industry ‘slavery’ [Reuters]
    Shrimp
    processing in Bangladesh involved widespread use of subcontracted workers to
    replace better-paid full-time workers, and significant amounts of child labor.
    Laws governing workers hours and safety conditions are often ignored and
    promised overtime wages are often not paid, the report said.
  • Sweatshop
    shrimp [Bangkok Post (Thailand)]
    “We
    hold our shrimp suppliers to the highest safety and quality standards,” Wal-Mart
    spokesman Deisha Galberth told the CNN cable-TV network, “including maintaining
    processing plants and packaging facilities that meet or exceed Best Aquaculture
    Practices standards set by the Global Aquaculture Alliance.”