Swiss food giant Nestle vowed Tuesday to stamp out any forced labour used in its supply chain in Thailand, after a probe confirmed workers were toiling in "slave-like" conditions to catch and process fish for Nestle products. "Nestle is committed to eliminating forced labour in our seafood supply chain in Thailand," executive vice president of operations Magdi Batato said in a statement. Nestle had commissioned non-governmental organisation Verite to investigate working conditions among its suppliers of fish in Thailand following allegations they were using slave labour.The Verite report is entitled Recruitment Practices and Migrant Labor Conditions in Nestle’s Thai Shrimp Supply Chain. It concluded that forced labour and other human rights abuses were "endemic" and pose an "urgent challenge to any company sourcing seafood" in Thailand.In some cases, impoverished illegal migrants trafficked from places like Myanmar and Cambodia were tricked and "sold" to fishing vessels where they worked virtually non-stop in dire conditions, receiving little or no pay...After seeing Verite's conclusions, Nestle said it had launched a 10-point action plan, including setting up an emergency response team to quickly help individuals at risk. The plan, which Nestle said it would begin implementing immediately, also includes a programme aimed at verifying the working conditions on fishing vessels, a programme to train boat captains in best practices and a system aimed at improving the traceability of seafood ingredients used in the company's products.