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Labeling Compliance, Species Authentication, and Short-Weighting of Prepackaged Frozen Shrimp Sold in Grocery Stores in Southern California
… there is a lack of research into the extent of short-weighting and mislabeling of shrimp in the marketplace. The objective of this study was to investigate frozen shrimp for Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) compliance, species authentication, acceptable market names, net weights, and percent …
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Labeling Compliance, Species Authentication and Net Weight Identification of Frozen Fish Fillets Sold in Grocery Stores in Southern California
… but did not indicate the production method. Short weighting was detected in 10 of the 111 fish fillets (9%) based on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standards of maximum allowable weight variation. The average percent glaze was 5%, with a range of 0% to 34%, and …