MD-VA legislators want domestic blue crab protected from repackaged foreign product
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [WTOP] By Michelle Murillo - July 28, 2014 -
WASHINGTON, Crab fraud is a growing trend that can have a major impact on the seafood industry.
Crab fraud occurs when companies catch crab in other parts of the world, repackage it and label it as being from the United States. Not only is the practice lying to the consumer, but also it means some companies are able to undercut prices of companies that source crab locally.
The financial risk to local watermen got politicians from Virginia and Maryland together to send a letter to President Barack Obama asking the administration to add this type of misleading labeling to a list of seafood fraud items to combat.
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