Genetic Testing Uncovers Shrimp Fraud in New Orleans Before Super Bowl LIX
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Glenda Beasley
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Some restaurants marketing "Gulf shrimp" found to be serving imports instead
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Some restaurants marketing "Gulf shrimp" found to be serving imports instead
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Interviews Available Upon Request*
Dave Williams
Founder of SeaD Consulting
Dr. Prashant Singh
Chief Scientific Officer
Erin Williams
Chief Operations Officer
*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
Business Insider “Why Louisiana’s $1.3 Billion Shrimp Industry Could Go Extinct
Florida State University
Southern Shrimp Alliance
Nationalfisherman
Seafoodsource
Intrafish
NOAA Fisheries