Nestle accused of using slave-caught fish in cat food

Submitted by Matt on Mon, 2015-08-31 18:07

Article here. Nice to see some exposure in something like the MSM. Will it make prime time news? I doubt it. But it should. Excerpt:

'Swiss food giant Nestle is being sued in the United States for allegedly knowingly allowing its Fancy Feast cat food to contain fish from a Thai supplier that uses slave labor.

Pet food buyers who filed the class action lawsuit on Thursday in US federal court in Los Angeles seek to represent all California consumers of Fancy Feast who would not have purchased the product had they known it had ties to slave labor.

According to the lawsuit, Nestle works with Thai Union Frozen Products PCL to import more than 28 million pounds (13 million kilograms) of seafood-based pet food for top brands sold in the United States, and that some of the ingredients in those products came from slave labor.

Men and boys, often trafficked from Thailand's poorer neighbors Myanmar and Cambodia, are sold to fishing boat captains who need crews aboard their ship, the complaint said.

It spoke of shifts of up to 20 hours a day with little or no pay, and beatings or even death if the work is deemed unsatisfactory.

"By hiding this from public view, Nestle has effectively tricked millions of consumers into supporting and encouraging slave labor on floating prisons," said Steve Berman, managing partner of the Hagens Berman law firm.'

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My cat loves Fancy Feast, so he'll have to find something else to like. I had no idea.

The good news is someone is taking notice so we can make decisions based on solid info.

Also, I'm glad someone is taking notice about male slave labor. It's also something I didn't know about until recently. I wonder why the feminists never said anything about it. Aren't they concerned about human trafficking? Oh wait, only if it affects women and girls. I forget. They figure men deserve this.

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Submitted by el cid on Tue, 2015-09-01 00:10