State Rep. Chip Brown (R-Hollinger's Island) was pleased when his seafood labeling bill was finally passed and signed into law in 2024. Restaurants and grocery stores are now required to disclose the country of origin for their seafood products, including fish, shrimp and oysters.

Brown said he faced an uphill battle after supporters of the hospitality and retail industries tried to block his bill. Although the bill became law, Brown said on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show," that the law isn't being followed or enforced as it should be.

"What the Department of Public Health says and what's really going on – I don't think they're absolutely on the same page," Brown said. "I don't think it is a priority for them, unfortunately, and so, we're going to have to look at, you k

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