Cajun Grocer selling “Louisiana” crawfish?

It is required by law to say where it hails from on the packaging.”A product of _______” should be on there somewhere.

You ever consider picking up the phone and calling them?

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I always have understood that if it didn’t have that logo, it was Chinese crawfish processed at a Louisiana facility.

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You understood wrong

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The product must be representative of the culture that is generally of Acadian descent and at least fifty percent of the product must be made, grown, produced, manufactured, processed or packed in Louisiana and especially that application fee must be paid to be eligible to use the Certified Cajun logo.

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Fixed it

The quote you provided just says that in order for it to have the Certified Cajun label, it has to be a product with at least 50% of its contents made in LA.

From that link, it seems like a company selling crawfish has to apply (and pay a small application fee) in order to get that label. Yes, it might be advantageous to have the Certified Louisiana/Certified Cajun label, but it doesn't appear that ALL products produced in Louisiana HAVE to have it. What if the company just doesn't want to apply for it, knowing that they are required anyway to print the country of origin and whether it was farm or wild raised on the package?

The certified cajun logo is just marketing stuff. It’s not on all sorts of things legitimately produced in LA....maybe the owner/producer doesn’t think of itself as cajun? Ex a Vietnamese or Hispanic owned business in south LA may have no interest in “cajun” labeling.

That silly logo is no guarantee that the crawfish originated in LA.

You’re pretty damn confrontational for someone asking for help on a message board.

That logo don't mean shite, especially to anyone in Louisiana. Dozens of companies have taken that logo and altered it to mislead the consumers who don't know any better into thinking their product is legit.

Remember that "Gumbo Brick" con artist from Shark Tank? She had the logo on it but it said "certified CREOLE" instead.

To be honest, you should be able to open it and tell the difference just by looking at the meat. You should DEFINITELY be able to tell once you taste them. If they're from China, it should say China on the pack SOMEWHERE, regardless of how small orhidden it is.