South Carolina jellyfish processor may have conducted illegal "test run" without waste water permits
SEAFOOD.COM NEWS April 15, 2014
A group that wants to process cannonball jellyfish in Beaufort County has brought in its first catch, but that might get it in hot water with state officials.
The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control is investigating whether Millenarian Trading Co. and Carolina Jelly Balls operated and disposed of wastewater without permits.
DHEC spokesman said the company has been "internally referred" to the agency's enforcement program after an inspector discovered during a site visit that it had conducted a test run.
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