Genetic Testing Uncovers Shrimp Fraud in New Orleans Before Super Bowl LIX

Interviews Available Upon Request*

*Other available interviews upon request: 

Andrew Blanchard, Shrimp Processor, Vice-chairman of the Louisiana Shrimp Task Force

Dana Honn, Founder of Louisiana Shrimp Festival/Shrimp Aid and owner of Nikkei Izakaya, New Orleans, Louisiana

Doug Olander, Owner of Big D Seafood Fishing Dock and Commercial Fisherman, New Iberia, Louisiana

Jeremy Zirlott, Boat Owner and Processor, Bayou La Batre, Alabama 

John Williams, Executive Director of the Southern Shrimp Alliance, Tarpon Springs, Florida

Sources: 

Testing Report  (New Orleans, 1/17-1/19)

Scientists' testing detects fake shrimp labeling

Simplified Methodology of restaurant selection 

FTC Letter Warns Against Deceptive Marketing Practices in Seafood Restaurants 

https://lailluminator.com/2024/09/30/testing-finds-mostly-foreign-shrimp-at-louisiana-shrimp-petroleum-festival/

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Florida State University

Southern Shrimp Alliance

Nationalfisherman

Seafoodsource

Intrafish

NOAA Fisheries