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Rep. Smith Seeks Boycott

A New Jersey congressman was among those Monday who called on Americans to stop buying fish and shrimp tied to supply chains in Thailand, where the Associated Press has found slaves are forced to work in the seafood industry.

A New Jersey congressman was among those Monday who called on Americans to stop buying fish and shrimp tied to supply chains in Thailand, where the Associated Press has found slaves are forced to work in the seafood industry.

Smith (R., N.J.), a member of the House Foreign Relations Committee, said: "All of us may find ourselves eating a slave-made product without knowing it, but once we know it, we all have a moral obligation, I believe, to make a personal decision to boycott it."               - Associated PressEndText