The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) responded to Greenpeace, the International Labor Rights Forum and other human rights and environmental organizations' recent criticism of the MSC's updated labor requirements.

The revised labor requirements in the MSC's Chain of Custody are problematic in assessing high-risk countries and the ineffectiveness of the labor audit programs for those high-risk countries, said a statement signed by Conservation International, the Freedom Fund, Greenpeace,the International Labor Rights Forum, Human Rights Watch and eight other groups.

"Forced and child labor is an industry-wide issue with no quick or easy solution," an MSC spokesperson told IntraFish.