re: Central Louisiana restaurants caught selling swai as catfish

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SO are they going to start giving tickets to every restaurant that uses Chinese crawfish tails in etoufee or tuna steaks from Vietnam or the frog legs bc that is what the majority uses.

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None of those things are banned from being sold here. Swai is also an endangered species so, despite the fact that these were probably farm raised, we shouldn't be knowingly eating them. I think any farm-raised food sold in the US should have something telling you the country of origin. I know buying in the store they do, but there's no restrictions at restaurants.

Tuna isn't really an issue because it's caught from the ocean. The country of origin isn't as important when looking at things like antibiotics and whatnot. Unless that country is violating catch laws obviously.

It sounds like collusion between a government regulator and the industry it is supposed to be regulating. Instead it is "protecting" the industry.