Bom Petisco
Lacks transparency. Publishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.
Based on what Bom Petisco publishes, with few independent checks. Researched with AI assistance against published rules. Last researched 23 October 2026 · 6 sources · How we check
Portuguese canned tuna brand made by Cofaco in the Azores.
Until Bom Petisco traces its fish and seafood to the boat or farm and has the conditions of the people who catch or farm it checked independently, it can't show that they are free and fairly paid.
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Why it's graded Lacks transparency
Meets 3 of 6 Good requirements, with 2 red flags.Open why it has this gradeClose why it has this grade
- Not met: Meets 3 of 6 Good requirements.
- Holds the grade back: It relies on fish and seafood that it can't trace to the boat or farm. That alone means a poor grade until it takes steps to trace it and check the conditions of the people who catch or farm it.
- It isn't Harm on record, because there's no serious confirmed problem on its record.
- Lacks transparency is still a poor grade: in supply chains like this, workers who can't be seen to be treated fairly are usually underpaid or unprotected.
Good requirements 3 of 6
- Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: no evidence
- Met: Respects worker rights
- Not met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standards
- Met: No child or forced labour findings or links
- Met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that listMakes its products in its own factories
- Not met: Traces its catch to the boat or farm and has crews' or farm workers' conditions checked independently
Red flags 2
- Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage
- Red flag: Relies on fish and seafood it can't trace to the boat or farm
- Red flag: Fails its category's raw-material check (means Lacks transparency)
Stars it would earn as Good
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Where it's made
Portugal.Open where it's madeClose where it's made
From Bom Petisco's own disclosure: it makes its products in its own factories.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | Strong protections | Close to a living wage | Low |
Evidence
3 things we found.Open the evidenceClose the evidence
What we found
- Risk across the industry, not a finding about this company: fishing fleets and processing plants have some of the worst documented forced labour, including trafficked crews held at sea for years.
- Owns or runs its own production
- Relies on fish and seafood from fishing boats and farms, where crews and farm workers, often migrants recruited into debt, have been held for months or years, beaten and denied pay, out of reach of factory audits. It hasn't shown any steps to trace its fish and seafood to the boat or farm or have the conditions of the people who catch or farm it checked, so it's graded Lacks transparency until it does.
Research notes Cofaco makes Bom Petisco in its own cannery at Rabo de Peixe on São Miguel, Azores, where it says all production is now concentrated. It closed its Pico cannery in May 2018, dismissing about 162 workers; a promised replacement plant had not been built by 2020. Its tuna is linked to the Azores pole-and-line fishery, but it does not say how much tuna is local or imported, publishes no vessel list, and holds MSC chain of custody only, not product certification. It reports nothing on crew conditions or labour checks.
Sources and actions
6 sources, company details, and how to send evidence or a right of reply.Open the sources and company detailsClose the sources and company details
Sources 6
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- Parliamentary question E-004987/2020 (European Parliament) · search the archive · Pico factory closed May 2018 with 162 lay-offs; promised new factory not started by 2020
- Na mesa dos portugueses nunca falta Bom Petisco (Observador, sponsored, 2024) · search the archive · Bom Petisco tuna hand-packed by women workers at Rabo de Peixe, São Miguel
- Conserveira Cofaco despede 180 trabalhadores nos Açores (Jornal de Negócios, 2018) · search the archive · Collective dismissal of about 180 workers at the Pico factory with severance; new factory promised
Published by Bom Petisco or its owner
- History (Cofaco) · search the archive · Bom Petisco brand owned by Cofaco since 1964; all production concentrated at Rabo de Peixe, Ribeira Grande, Azores
- Sustainability (Cofaco) · search the archive · MSC chain of custody for COFACO Azores; Friend of the Sea pole-and-line, Dolphin Safe, BRC; IPNLF member; nothing on labour
- Internationalization (Cofaco) · search the archive · Sold in over 30 countries, about 30% of sales exported; Australia not named
Company details
- Owned by
- Cofaco (Portugal)
- Headquarters
- Portugal
- Last researched
- 23 October 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Bom Petisco ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/bom-petisco, last researched 23 October 2026, accessed [date].
- Method
- Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What Lacks transparency means
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