The president of a Virginia seafood company pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to netting millions by fraudulently labeling hundreds of thousands of pounds of recalled, old or returned foreign crabmeat as fresh Chesapeake blue crab, according to court records.
The staggering bait-and-switch shocked the local food industry and highlighted the problem of mislabeled blue crab, which by some accounts is prevalent in restaurants and markets across Virginia, Maryland and The District. The case comes in an era when eating local has gained a fresh currency.
Federal prosecutors in Virginia say Casey's Seafood Inc. of Newport News mixed discount "distressed" crabmeat from Indonesia, Brazil and other locales with Chesapeake blue crab and labeled it as a "Product of the USA." At times, court documents show the crabmeat Casey's sold as Chesapeake blue crab contained only foreign meat.
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6 comments:
Amazing how popular cockroach is around here. Crabs, and Lobsters are the cockroaches of the sea.
Jail him
There should be a HUGE Class Action Lawsuit coming very soon in regards to this!
@10:16 that's because before idiots like you showed up around here we actually learned how to live off the natural resources the area offered and didn't waste what we were blessed with. I'm praying I live long enough to see dic***** like yourself starve when you can't just run out to the local market and buy a soy burger
I'm always amazed at the number of people who have never made a loaf of bread from scratch.
Just add another reason why you should stay OUTTA Virginia. First the narrow minded people. Still fighting the Civil war. Yet they sit there and allow the history of their ancestors to be destroyed. NO. NOTHING in Virginia worth a crap.
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