Alabama Seafood Festival Using DNA Testing Methods to Keep Vendors Honest About Their Shrimp

Alabama seafood festival using DNA testing methods to keep vendors honest about their shrimp

Officials at the National Shrimp Festival in Gulf Shores are using DNA testing to ensure vendors are being honest and serving domestic shrimp as promised this weekend.

National Shrimp Festival Steps Up Sourcing Checks

Gulf Shores, Ala. — (OBA) — Over 50 years ago the National Shrimp Festival began as a celebration of local shrimp and the hard working shrimpers who netted the local crustacean. In fact, the entire event was dreamed up after locals had watched the Blessing of the Fleet in Bayou La Batre. So it is a goal of Shrimp Fest