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100% of vendors at Louisiana Shrimp Festival & Shrimp Aid served verified Gulf shrimp .

On-site rapid DNA testing ( RIGHTTest ) confirmed compliance in under two hours.

Contrast to previous years, when imported shrimp were often mislabeled as Gulf-caught.

Festival organizers aim to protect local shrimpers and ensure seafood authenticity.

For the second straight year, every food vendor at the Louisiana Shrimp Festival & Shrimp Aid in New Orleans was verified as serving local, wild-caught Gulf shrimp, according to on-site genetic testing conducted during the mid-October event.

SeaD Consulting, which markets a rapid DNA test called RIGHTTest, said its technicians sampled each vendor and returned results in under two hours.

The company reported 100% compliance a

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