The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently successfully prosecuted two companies for falsely labeling seafood as “products of the USA.”
On May 23, 2023, Jiu Fa Chen was sentenced to five years probation and a $100,000/~€92,300fine for falsely labeling and exporting foreign-bought spiny lobsters as “Products of the USA.”Chen’s company, AIFA Seafood Incorporated, was sentenced to five years probation and a $250,000/~€230,750 fine.
