True World Foods is an American food service company. It is controlled by the

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History

The Unification Church's foray into the seafood industry began at the direction of Reverend Moon who delivered a speech in 1980 entitled "The Way of Tuna" in which he claimed that "After we build the boats, we catch the fish and process them for the market, and then have a distribution network. This is not just on the drawing board; I have already done it." and declared himself the "king of the ocean." The Church has denied controlling True World. True World is controlled by the Unification Church. In 1980 True World Foods was founded as The Rainbow Fish House on

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by five Japanese and American members of the Unification Church. Takeshi Yashiro, one of the five founds, later claimed that Sun Myung Moon himself had founded the company. True World Foods which took over The Rainbow Fish House was incorporated in 1976 by

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, chief aid to Reverend Moon. By 2006 True World Foods controlled a major portion of the

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trade in the US and employed hundreds of people with annual revenues of $250 million.Sushi and Rev. Moon: How Americans' growing appetite for sushi is helping to support his controversial church

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, April 11, 2006

Operations

Alaska

An incident at the True World processing plant in

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led to the company pleading guilty in federal court and fined $150,000. The facility accepted a load of pollock, which was in excess of the trip limit for the offloading vessel.

Illinois

True World operated a processing plant in suburban Detroit which was closed after repeated conflict with the

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Massachusetts

The company operates significant operations in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Washington

True World operates a regional distribution center in

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Subsidiaries

* International Lobster

References

{{Reflist Fish processing companies Unification Church