Lacks transparency. Publishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.
Last researched 23 October 2026 · 7 sources
Thai canned sardine, mackerel and tomato sauce brand of Hi-Q Food Products.
There's no proof Roza pays more than the legal minimum, which in Thailand is below a living wage, and it has no full independent audit.
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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, a hidden, unaudited supply chain 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 rightsMost of its products are made in countries such as Thailand and China, where 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: Hidden supply chain, mostly in countries with poor worker rights
- 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
None yet. Stars only show on Good companies. About stars
Where it's made
From press and retailer reports; Roza doesn't say where its products are made. The rest is shown as 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 |
| ChinaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Moderate |
| VietnamUsual for the industry | Systematic violations | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| IndonesiaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| IndiaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | High |
| AustraliaUsual for the industry | Strong protections | About a living wage | Low |
| EcuadorUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| NorwayUsual for the industry | 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 Roza is a Thai brand of canned fish in tomato sauce, tuna, sauces and ready meals, run by Hi-Q Food Products, a manufacturer in Samut Prakan, Thailand, that also makes pet food and products for other brands. It ranks second in Thai canned fish. The company publishes no information on where its fish is caught, which plants make Roza, supplier or vessel lists, certifications, a labour policy or checks on fishing crews or cannery workers, in a country the US lists for forced labour in seafood.
What independent sources say
| Source | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| US Department of Labor goods lists | Listed | The US Department of Labor lists seafood from Thailand as produced with child or forced labour. View |
Sources and actions
Sources 7
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- Hi-Q Food Products company profile (Business & Human Rights Resource Centre) · Hi-Q Food Products recorded as not responding to BHRRC's Pacific canned tuna supply chain surveys (2018 and 2021); no allegations listed
- Seafood fact sheet: child labor and forced labor in seafood production (US Department of Labor, ILAB) · search the archive · Lists 20 countries or areas with documented child or forced labour in seafood production, including Thailand, the Philippines, Nicaragua and Peru
- Roza 50th anniversary campaign (Marketing Oops, 2021) · search the archive · Roza belongs to Hi-Q Food Products; canned fish in tomato sauce, tuna, sauces and pouch meals; second in Thai canned fish with about 18% share
- Roza brand strategy (Marketeer, December 2021) · search the archive · Hi-Q Food Products operates Roza; over 200 products; Thai market focus; no export markets named
- Hi-Q Food Products Co., Ltd (Zoomark exhibitor directory) · search the archive · Hi-Q Food Products is a manufacturer in Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Thailand, offering OEM canning
- Hi-Q Food Products Co., Ltd / Felina Canino (Interzoo exhibitor) · search the archive · Address Bangna-Trad Road, Samut Prakan; OEM partner of international brands
- Wangpattanamongkol, Kitinon trademarks (Justia) · search the archive · ROZA and HI-Q trademarks for canned sardines and mackerel in tomato and curry sauces
Company details
- Headquarters
- Thailand
- Last researched
- 23 October 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Roza ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/roza, 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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