Get Your Shrimp On At Taco Bell Until April 11
In a move bound to lure in a few Lent-observing Catholics and give those who keep Kosher another reason to stay away, Taco Bell goes live nationwide today with their new Pacific Shrimp Taco, available...
View ArticleMan Arrested At Winn-Dixie With Lobster, Shrimp, And Pork Down His Pants
If you’re going to shoplift two lobster tails, two bags of shrimp, and a pork loin from a grocery store, what’s the least obvious way to do so? Shove them in your shorts, of course. A MIssissippi man...
View ArticleCheck Out These Exceptionally Large, Salmon-Colored Shrimp
Reader Griffin was shopping at Jewel when he discovered some exceptionally large and luscious shrimp. Which are also sort of salmon-colored. Hmm. “Say, shrimp would be mighty fine for dinn… WAIT A...
View ArticleThat “Wild Gulf Shrimp” You Bought Might Actually Be Farmed Whiteleg Shrimp
Just because you spent an hour searching the grocery store for the perfect bag of Wild Gulf Shrimp doesn’t mean you’re actually getting wild shrimp caught in the Gulf of Mexico.. In fact a new study...
View ArticleDrug-Sniffing Dogs Find Shipping Container Full Of Cocaine-Stuffed Shrimp
We are fairly certain that cocaine-stuffed shrimp is not a Guyanese delicacy. That’s how 268 kilograms of cocaine arrived in a shipping container at a port in Brooklyn, though. Law enforcement followed...
View ArticleThai Seafood Executive Calls Report On Slavery In Shrimping Industry “A...
After an in-depth report yesterday said that supermarkets around the world are selling shrimp peeled by enslaved workers, the head of one of the biggest companies in the seafood business is promising...
View ArticleMan Shoved 5 Bags Of Frozen Shrimp Down His Pants At Family Dollar
At Consumerist, we do our best to bring you the latest news about people stuffing meat, shellfish, or power tools down their pants. It’s only the second week of the year, and there’s already a second...
View ArticleState Department: Thai Fishing Vessels Still Using Forced Labor
It’s been almost three years since activists first drew the world’s attention to the conditions on fishing boats out of Thailand, where migrant workers recruited from poorer Asian countries work under...
View ArticleWould You Pay $25 A Pound For Shrimp Raised Locally Indoors?
You don’t have to be a shrimp boat captain to bring the crustaceans to market: with concerns over the environmental impact as well as slave labor in the international shrimping industry, some are...
View ArticleShrimp Farming Forced Labor Lawsuit Against Costco Dismissed
A few years ago, consumers around the world were horrified to learn that seafood they ate was the product of forced labor in Asia. They responded in the American way, by filing class actions against...
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