A Tangipahoa Parish seafood processing company and an Illinois-based seafood distributor on Tuesday were charged in federal court in New Orleans with mislabeling shrimp caught in Mexico as U.S. shrimp and commercially selling more than $100,000 worth of it in interstate commerce.
Between Nov. 15, 2007, and Dec. 4, 2008, the Worldwide Shrimp Company of Highland Park, Ill., allegedly sent the Mexican-caught shrimp to Doran Sea-Pak LLC of 136 E. Railroad Ave., Independence. Doran Sea-Pak processed and packaged it, affixing the false U.S. labels of origin, according to court filings.
Worldwide Shrimp Co. allegedly instructed Doran Sea-Pak to label the shrimp as caught in the U.S., although Doran Sea-Pak officials knew the shrimp was from Mexico, according to the court filings. Doran Sea-Pak then would send the shrimp back to the Worldwide Shrimp Co. or to other entities to which the Worldwide Shrimp Co. had arranged to sell it, according to court records.
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