\nPhoto of shrimp testing, provided by SeaD\n<\/p>\n
BATON ROUGE \u2014 A genetic testing and consulting firm claims more than one in four shrimp dishes sampled at Baton Rouge restaurants were imported farm-raised shrimp, even though diners were told they were getting American wild-caught shrimp.<\/p>\n
SeaD Consulting conducted the testing on behalf of the Southern Shrimp Alliance and said it shows the shrimp misrepresentation rate in Baton Rouge has climbed from 21% to 27% since April.<\/p>\n
Half of the restaurants caught serving imported shrimp had a Louisiana Department of Health notice posted, yet staff still told customers the shrimp was American wild-caught, the firm said. The other half had none of the required disclosure signage.<\/p>\n
Louisiana law allows restaurants to post a general notice reading: “Some items served at this establishment may contain imported seafood. Ask for more information.”<\/p>\n
SeaD said a past study done for the Louisiana Shrimp Task Force found that for every dollar spent on American wild-caught shrimp dishes, 40 cents was actually spent on misrepresented imported shrimp \u2014 an estimated daily loss of $225,000 for the American wild-caught shrimp industry.<\/p>\n
The Louisiana shrimp industry is calling for unannounced genetic testing of plated shrimp, SeaD said in a news release, saying that signage inspections alone cannot confirm what is actually being served or represented to customers.<\/p>\n
According to SeaD, the following Baton Rouge restaurants were confirmed to be serving American wild-caught shrimp:
– Acme Oyster House
– Baton Rouge Poboy
– BRQ Seafood and Barbeque
– City Cafe
– Cork’s Cajun Fried Fish and Shrimp
– Crawford’s Restaurant
– Doe’s Eat Place
– Drusilla Seafood Restaurant
– Frank’s Restaurant
– Jack’s Seafood
– Mike Anderson’s
– Parrain’s Seafood
– SoLou
– Tony’s Seafood Market and Deli<\/p>\n
SeaD said two restaurants that it previously found mislabeling shrimp are now confirmed to be authentic. Those restaurants asked not to be named.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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