US lawmakers schedule hearing into Outlaw Ocean Project investigation into use of Chinese forced labor in seafood supply chain

Concerns over the use of forced labor in China to produce an array of seafood products sold through major US and European supermarkets has prompted US lawmakers to schedule a hearing on the issue, adding further pressure on some seafood suppliers who handle Chinese products.

The US Congressional-Executive Committee on China (CECC) has scheduled a hearing for Oct. 24 to explore claims made in an investigation by the non-profit Outlaw Ocean Project and published in The New Yorker magazine this week that some seafood imports from China into the United States are produced using forced labor.