Nestle sued in U.S. for using Thai slave-caught fish in cat food

[billd766]

You have got to be kidding right?.....lordy lordy lordy, when will this outrageous stupidity stop

And how much of the award money, if any, will find its way to compensate those labourers from the region used by Thai companies and fishermen? Diddly squat I reckon. So would then allow a Thai lawyer to file a class action against the US Law firms to retrieve the awards for the actual slaves?

Once you done feeling the outrage that lawyers and lawsuits always provoke. Set that Leo bottle down and get introduced to the endgame. The Thai fishing industry and the economic consequences for the nation. Some people will say they had it coming, others that it is unfair. However remember the people trafficking report that stirred up the brouhaha back 3 weeks ago??? Chicken feed. What was missed in all that hoopla was a powerful series by the NYTimes and The Guardian. reprinted in hundreds of local papers across the US, Canada and the UK, and probably many more countries. It listed out where the fish that these slave boat companies caught, is going to. Things like the pet food industry. Now consumers know just what Fido costs and they seem to be not pleased.

The endgame, after it all gets hashed out no one is going to make much money besides the lawyers, neither Nestle nor the other side. What it will do though is force companies TO NOT BUY from Thai FISHING companies. That is the shot, the money shot.

Not in the Thai news yet, are consumer groups back in the US who have officially complained to companies such as Costco about selling Thai farmed shrimp. The food they feed the shrimp is ground fish meal caught by these boats. I expect Costco will stop all purchases of Thai farmed shrimp within 6 months if not sooner. Many more distributors will follow.

These are the real economic consequences, and they are just beginning. Expect a lot more OP/ED pieces from the Nation about this.

And the other economic consequence is that people in the west will start to complain that the price of some goods that they bought cheaply will have doubled in price.