Bumble Bee is one of the oldest canned seafood companies in the US and holds the country’s largest market share for canned and pouched tuna, according to the Seafood Stewardship Index.

San Diego-based tuna giant Bumble Bee Seafoods is named in a lawsuit alleging that it profits from forced labor and human trafficking. REUTERS Syafi’i, who was hired as a cook aboard a deep-sea ...

In January 2020, FCF acquired Bumble Bee Foods for $928 million. This acquisition raised concerns about Bumble Bee’s supply chain, given FCF’s connections to vessels implicated in labor abuses.

Bumble Bee Foods has not commented on the case. This is the first known case of fishing boat slavery brought against a United States seafood company.