SEAD Consulting uncovered that 33% of sampled restaurants in Lafayette are serving farm-raised imported shrimp in place of local wild-caught. SEAD Consulting’s test results for Baton Rouge,

According to a recent study by SEAD Consulting, 33% of sampled restaurants in Lafayette are serving farm-raised imported shrimp instead of local wild-caught.

Genetic seafood testing in Lafayette this month found four of the 24 restaurants sampled were deceptively serving foreign shrimp presented as domestic in violation of state law. SeaD Consulting, the same company that has been making headlines for its efforts to uncover seafood fraud at restaurants and festivals across the Gulf Coast,

Louisiana state law says that if a restaurant is serving imported crawfish or shrimp, the menu must note the country of origin and clearly state the word "imported."