NFI says existing crabmeat labeling laws just need enforcement as lawmakers push for stricter regs
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Wall Street Journal] by Ben DiPietro - August 1, 2014
Members of Congress from Maryland and Virginia want the Obama administration to make sure its work to fight seafood fraud includes language to combat what they say is the mislabeling of crab meat. But the main seafood industry trade association is against the idea, saying existing laws are strong enough to deal with the problems fish fraud poses.
Supporters of stronger crab labeling rules say lump crab imported from foreign countries is repacked at facilities in the United States and then labeled as a “product of the United States.
But the National Fisheries Institute, the leading trade association of the U.S. seafood industry, and its Crab Council, whose members comprise 85% of the U.S. crab market, say existing laws are more than stringent enough...
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