Further to our note highlighting litigation costs for the abuse of migrant and children labour becoming a top business risk , food manufacturers have now shown they are failing to put in place basic safeguards to protect vulnerable workers in their supply chains ; one in five admitted they have no way of finding out even the name and address of suppliers in their supply chain , a basic first step for identifying and ending abuses , while over half do not have a plan in place to find out who is in their supply chain . 40 % of the food manufacturers do not think they are likely to be affected by mounting legislation and 40 % do not think it will damage their reputation . Businesses found to be using unethical labour in supply chains face hefty fines under various laws such as the UK Government’s Modern Slavery Act. These figures are according to a survey by the IFF of 42 large food manufacturers across the UK , USA , Spain , Brazil , Asia , Australia , South Africa and the Middle East . As of last year , businesses found to be using labour in supply chains face hefty fines under various laws such as the UK Government 's Modern Slavery Act .
Further to our note highlighting litigation costs for the abuse of migrant and children labour becoming a top business risk , food manufacturers have now shown they are failing to put in place basic safeguards to protect vulnerable workers in their supply chains ; one in five admitted they have no way of finding out even the name and address of suppliers in their supply chain , a basic first step for identifying and ending abuses , while over half do not have a plan in place to find out who is in their supply chain . 40 % of the food manufacturers do not think they are likely to be affected by mounting legislation and 40 % do not think it will damage their reputation . These figures are according to a survey by the IFF of 42 large food manufacturers across the UK , USA , Spain , Brazil , Asia , Australia , South Africa and the Middle East . As of last year , businesses found to be using labour in supply chains face hefty fines under various laws such as the UK Government 's Modern Slavery Act .