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Purina Pet Food Is So Much More Disgusting Than We Even Knew
If you have ever bought seafood or pet food from Nestl, you may possibly have unwittingly contributed to the abuse of migrant workers in Southeast Asia.

Burmese and Cambodian workers are tricked into laboring on Thai fishing boats right after fleeing persecution and poverty at home.

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On Monday, Nestl admitted that it had found indications of forced labor, human trafficking, and kid labor in its provide chain in Thailand, where the Switzerland-based corporation sources some of the seafood that it sells in supermarkets about http://shop.lonelyplanet.com/asia/southeast-asia-on-a-shoestring-travel-guide-17/ the planet, including in the United States. The findings came after an internal investigation that was launched by Nestl in December final year, following reports by media and NGOs that linked the company's shrimp, prawns, and Purina brand pet foods with abusive functioning conditions.

http://asiatrips.travel/hotel-search/ underpin a number of lawsuits that have been filed not too long ago against retailers including Nestl and Costco Wholesale Corp. Steve Berman, managing companion of the law firm Hagens Berman, which in August filed a class-action lawsuit against Nestl, told the New York Instances that the company's report on Monday was "a step in the proper direction," but added that "our litigation will go forward because Nestl Purina nonetheless fails to disclose on its products, as is necessary by law, that slave labor was employed in its generating."

For its element, Nestl has vowed to publish a method to guard workers in Thailand, which includes by bringing in outside auditors and education boat owners about human rights. "This will be neither a quick nor an easy endeavour, but we appear forward to creating important progress in the months ahead," Magdi Batato, Nestls executive vice president in charge of operations, mentioned in a statement.

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