Nestle is on the hot seat for their distributors use of child slave labor

1. Fancy Feast
By: Brett Murray

2. Fancy Feast Cat Food
• Fish provided by Thai Union Frozen Products
• Ship 28 million pounds of seafood-based pet food
annually
• Allegedly rely on salves and forced labor to catch fish
which is then processed into pet food

3. Human Trafficking
• Men and boys are trafficked from Cambodia who
believe they are finding employment but instead
sold as slaves to fishing captains in Thailand
– Required to work to pay off their own cost
– Work as long as 20 hour days with little to no pay
– Refusing to work leads to beatings or even death
In 2001, Nestle was under fire for using child slave-
labor practices on farms in West Africa to harvest
cocoa for their Chocolate
– They pledged to investigate and put an end to their
slave-labor practices

4. Class-action lawsuit
• Pet food purchasers filled lawsuit saying they
would not have purchased the product if they
had known what activities went into making
it.
• Nestle claims it has mandatory guidelines for
suppliers
– Requiring “respecting human rights and complying
with all applicable labor laws”
• “Millions of people tricked into supporting and
encouraging slave labor on floating prisons”

5. Ethical Questions
• Is it right for large companies like nestle to buy
products from distributers knowing that they are
violating human rights?
• Would their Fancy Feast sales significantly drop if U.S.
consumers knew how they were acquiring their
product?
• Would the actions of Thai Union Frozen Products
actions be justified if they were paying their fishermen
a fair rate?
• Should companies implement more strict guidelines
before purchasing from such distributors?

6. Sources
• Forbes.com
• http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
15-08-27/nestle-accused-of-putting-fish-from-
slave-labor-in-cat-food