A plate of boiled shrimp (Photo: Wes Muller/Louisiana Illuminator)
The latest batch of seafood testing found two-thirds of sampled restaurants on the west bank of the New Orleans area are serving domestic shrimp. The remainder are offering foreign catch and failing to inform their customers about where it’s sourced.
The test results show a significant disparity between establishments on the west bank versus those on the east bank that were found to have much higher authenticity rates for local shrimp. The results also depart from the high authenticity rates found two years ago among independent vendors at the Westwego Shrimp Lot, an open-air seafood market on the west bank…