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Lacks transparency. Shows little about where or how its products are made.
Last researched 23 October 2026 · 5 sources
Peru's best-selling canned tuna brand, owned by importer G.W. Yichang.
We couldn't find where Florida makes most of its canned tuna and fish, a certification covering its range or a list of its suppliers.
Also worth knowing
Most fish and seafood are processed in countries such as Thailand and China, where pay is usually below a living wage and unions are heavily restricted.
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Why it's graded Lacks transparency
- Not met: Meets 1 of 6 Good requirements.
- Holds the grade back: It has 3 red flags: no evidence of a living wage, unaudited production, probably in high-risk countries and fish and seafood it can't trace to the boat or farm. Two or more red flags means a poor grade.
- 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 1 of 6
- Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: no evidence
- Not met: Respects worker rightsWhere fish and seafood are usually processed, such as Thailand and China, unions are heavily restricted, and it has no full supply chain audit.
- 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
- Not met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that list
- Not met: Traces its catch to the boat or farm and has crews' or farm workers' conditions checked independently
Red flags 3
- Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage
- Red flag: Probably made mostly in countries with poor worker rights, without a full independent audit of its supply chain
- Red flag: Relies on fish and seafood it can't trace to the boat or farmShown to explain the grade. It isn't one of the 2 red flags that set it.
- 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
We couldn't confirm where Florida makes most of its products, so this shows where fish and seafood are usually processed.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Moderate |
| China | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Moderate |
| Vietnam | Systematic violations | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| Indonesia | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| India | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | High |
| Australia | Strong protections | About a living wage | Low |
| Ecuador | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| Norway | Strong protections | About a living wage | Low |
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.
- 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 Florida, 70 years old in 2025, leads Peru's canned tuna market with about a 22% share and is owned by the Peruvian company G.W. Yichang. It does not say where its tuna is caught or canned. In 2017 its canned mackerel was reportedly packed by Tropical Food Manufacturing in Ningbo, China; Florida withdrew the mackerel during a health alert and cut ties with that supplier. It publishes no supplier list, vessel list, certifications or labour policies.
Sources and actions
Sources 5
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- Alerta sanitaria: conservas chinas siguen a la venta en mercados (El Comercio) · Nov 2017: G.W. Yichang bought about 700,000 cans from China's Tropical Food Manufacturing, flagged by regulator Sanipes, sold under Florida and Compass
- Florida se convertirá en 2027 en la primera marca en vender más de dos millones de cajas de atún en el Perú (La República, 2025) · search the archive · Florida, a G.W. Yichang brand, holds about 22% of Peru's canned tuna market and turned 70 in 2025
- Florida y Compass envían comunicado tras alerta sanitaria (Agraria.pe, 2017) · search the archive · Florida belongs to Peruvian company G.W. Yichang; mackerel cans reportedly packed by Tropical Food Manufacturing (Ningbo); ties ended
- Florida retira del mercado peruano sus conservas de caballa (Perú Retail, 2017) · search the archive · Florida withdrew its canned mackerel in November 2017 and suspended relations with Tropical Food Manufacturing
- FLORIDA brand page (Falabella Perú) · search the archive · Florida canned tuna sold through Tottus in Peru; no country of manufacture shown
Company details
- Owned by
- G.W. Yichang (Peru)
- Headquarters
- Peru
- Last researched
- 23 October 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Florida ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/florida-peru, 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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