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Tomatoes grown in the Chinese region of Xinjiang have been banned in the U.S. since January 2021 due to concerns they may have been produced with Uyghur forced labor.merican shoppers at Amazon, Walmart, Etsy and grocery delivery apps Instacart and Uber Eats may have unwittingly bought canned tomatoes and pastes produced by Uyghur forced laborers in China’s far west region of Xinjiang, which are banned by the U.S.
Amazon spokesperson Jennifer Flag said the company complies with the law and that “whenever we find or receive proof of forced labor, we take action and remove that product and may suspend privileges to sell.” Some of the product listings of the banned tomatoes were still live as of publication. Etsy declined to comment but the listings identified bywere taken down. Instacart also declined to comment.
Goya Foods spokesperson Natalie Maniscalco provided additional documents confirming the shipment, which showed it had been detained by U.S. customs and then released when it was determined it was not"forced labor product,” she said. American Chalkis CEO Peng He said in an email post publication that he had bought out Xinjiang Chalkis’ stake in 2018.from China’s Uyghur, Kazakh and Kyrgyz minority communities have been detained in “re-education camps” in a move condemned by the U.S.