St. James Smokehouse's Salmon Processor MKG Provisions Fined and Put on Probation for False Labeling
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [BBC News] by Douglas Fraser - April 29, 2016
The following story states UpRiver Aquaculture, also known as MKG Provisions, supplies salmon to St. James Smokehouse. However, MKG Provisions issued a statement to clarify that it does not supply salmon to St. James. MKG said it was acting solely as a private label processor for St. James. The salmon was provided to MKG by its customer St. James. See our companion story for more details. - MBR
An American salmon supplier has been fined and given probation for falsely claiming its fish was from Scotland when it had been imported from Chile.
US prosecutors said it was sold under the award-winning St James Smokehouse brand, run from Annan in Dumfriesshire and Miami.
UpRiver Aquaculture, also known as MKG Provisions, pleaded guilty to violating a US law on false labelling of food...
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