One Louisiana seafood festival has done a better job of living up to its name.

In a complete turnaround from last year, all seven vendors sampled at the Morgan City Shrimp and Petroleum Festival served authentic Gulf of Mexico shrimp at the Labor Day weekend event, testing showed. At the same festival last year, four out of five vendors sampled sold imported shrimp advertised as local.

The investigation in Morgan City marked a year-long effort by a food technology company to conduct genetic testing at seafood festivals and restaurants around the region. Travelling from North Carolina to Texas, SeaD Consulting discovered that scores of restaurants were falsely advertising their shrimp.

"I am so pleased," said Dave Williams, CEO of SeaD Consulting. "It's very difficult to get people to

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