GULF SHORES, Ala. ( KLFY )– The Morgan City Shrimp and Petroleum Festival was recently in the spotlight for selling imported shrimp . The same consultant group who genetically tested the shrimp continued their investigation at the National Shrimp Festival in Gulf Shores and found the same situation.
SeaD Consulting tested five vendors at the National Shrimp Festival that advertised to have Gulf shrimp. Of the five, only one had authentic Gulf shrimp: Rouse’s Supermarket.
SeaD Consulting recently found similar results for the Shrimp and Petroleum Festival in Morgan City, with only one of the five vendors sampled actually serving shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico.
David Williams, owner of SeaD Consulting, said the National Shrimp Festival should have been named the “International Shrimp Festival.”
“We have a brand we need to protect,” Williams said. “And it’s not only about brand, it’s a community. It’s a way of life.”
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