Watchdog Group Finds Shrimp Mislabeled Nationwide, With Less Fraud In Portland

Lynne Terry | lterry@oregonian.com, Portland Oregonian: Business
Thu, 10/30/2014 - 7:40am

Oceana, a watchdog group, only found 5 percent of the shrimp purchased in restaurants and stores in Portland to be mislabeled compared with 43 percent in New York City, 33 percent in Washington D.C. and 30 percent in Gulf Coast cities.

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Watchdog Group Finds Shrimp Mislabeled Nationwide, With Less Fraud In Portland

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