Restaurants throughout the Gulf Coast are serving imported shrimp but telling their customers they're feasting on fresh crustaceans fished in the Gulf of Mexico, a series of new studies found.



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96% of restaurants in Tampa Bay don't serve locally caught shrimp, study shows

Many Gulf Coast restaurants are falsely advertising imported shrimp as locally sourced, new studies find.

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USA Today

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'Shrimp fraud' rampant at many Gulf Coast restaurants, new studies find

The cities with the highest "shrimp fraud rate" were Tampa Bay and St. Petersburg, Florida, at 96%

Rivals

Verizon Communications

'Shrimp fraud' rampant at many Gulf Coast restaurants

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA)— Only two restaurants in Tampa and St. Peterburg serve authentic, wild-caught Gulf shrimp, a study showed. According to SeaD Consulting, a recent investigation that utilized genetic testing in the area revealed that two locations in Tampa Bay served authentic shrimp out of the 44 sampled restaurants. Salt Shack on the Bay in Tampa and Stillwaters Tavern in St. Petersburg were confirmed to be the only restaurants to serve authe…

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Genetic testing showed 96 percent of local restaurants sampled were using imported shrimp species.

Tampa Bay Times

Times Publishing Company

Some Tampa Bay restaurants misleading diners by serving imported shrimp, report says

A study released this week found shrimp lovers in Tampa Bay may not be getting what they're paying for, with dozens of restaurants claiming to offer Gulf shrimp actually selling shrimp imported from overseas.

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Study finds 96% of restaurants tested are lying about the source of their shrimp

"Shrimp consumers are being misled on a massive scale" in a major Florida metro area, according to a new report on seafood mislabeling.

Sarasota Herald-Tribune

96% of seafood restaurants in these Florida cities falsely labeled shrimp, report finds

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SeaD Consulting, a food safety technology company, tested shrimp from randomly chosen restaurants in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Biloxi, Mississippi; Galveston, Texas; and Tampa Bay, Florida. Researchers found a significant number of the restaurants were passing off their shrimp as locally sourced, even though they were grown on foreign farms and imported to the U.S.   The cities with the highest “shrimp fraud rate” were Tampa Bay and St. Pe

Some Tampa Bay restaurants misleading diners by serving imported shrimp, report says

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