Shrimpers Sue Charleston-Area Restaurants, Alleging They Falsely Advertised Local Seafood
MOUNT PLEASANT - The S.C. Shrimpers Association is suing the 40 unidentified Charleston-area restaurants that were recently found to be selling imported shrimp following a genetic study by a Texas-based research firm.
The federal complaint, filed June 13 on behalf of the association by attorney Gedney Howe IV, accuses the restaurants of false advertising and violating South Carolina's Unfair Trade Practices Act.
That statute states that knowingly misrepresenting food as a South Carolina-produced product is an unfair trade practice.
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