New Orleans Dealer Nabbed for Changing "Best By' Dates on Mahi Fillets
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Times-Picayne] By Benjamin Alexander-Bloch - March 11, 2015 -
A New Orleans man and a Georgia man were cited this month, accused of conspiring to change the "best by" dates on nearly 15,000 pounds of mahi-mahi filets, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. They each were charged with commercial seafood labeling violations.
Sean Delaune, 26, of New Orleans, was cited Wednesday (March 4) for misbranding seafood packages and Thomas Smith, 49, of Darien, Ga., was cited for conspiring to misbrand seafood packages at Gulf Atlantic Fisheries seafood wholesalers in New Orleans, according to Wildlife and Fisheries agents.
Agents observed packages of the mahi-mahi filets being repacked from bags with "best by September 2013" labels into bags with "best by May 2016" labels.
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