A LOW BLOW TO THE LOW COUNTRY
The Holy City, revered for its historic charm and signature shrimp and grits, now finds itself at the center of a troubling food fraud scandal. A new investigation reveals that most restaurants promoting “local” shrimp in Charleston are, in fact, serving imported product, often farm-raised and falsely marketed as fresh-from-the-boat local fare. From May 19-22, 2025, SEAD Consulting—commissioned by the Southern Shrimp Alliance =conducted genetic testing on shrimp dishes served at 44 Charleston-area restaurants using the patented RIGHTTestTM (Rapid ID Genetic High-Accuracy Test). This testing determined whether restaurants were serving authentic South Carolina wild-caught shrimp or imported substitutes. The results are stark: only 4 out of 44 restaurants were found to be serving genuine domestic wild-caught shrimp. The remaining 40 were misleading consumers in their branding, menu descriptions, or proximity to local docks, with 25 found to be outright fraudulent. Links, more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 13:46
I was arrested for exposing this in Florida! The boxes, invoices, receipts in the dumpsters of local seafood restaurants all showed this to be true! Big money in fraudulently sold fish,shrimp! The ignorant public doesn’t seem to care about it,the quality or the cost to American commercial fisherman! Don’t get me started on the toxic chemicals, growth steroids, hormones,antibiotics they use to raise crap like this!