N.C. U.S. Attorney: Seafood Processor Pleads Guilty to Selling Foreign Crabmeat Falsely Labeled As Blue Crab From USA
August 13, 2019
August 13, 2019
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release:
Phillip R. Carawan of Columbia, North Carolina, pleaded guilty today in federal court in New Bern, North Carolina, on charges that his company, Capt. Neill's Seafood Inc., at Carawan's direction, falsely labeled millions of dollars' worth of foreign crabmeat as "Product of USA."
"Today's plea helps to ensure that American fi . . .
Phillip R. Carawan of Columbia, North Carolina, pleaded guilty today in federal court in New Bern, North Carolina, on charges that his company, Capt. Neill's Seafood Inc., at Carawan's direction, falsely labeled millions of dollars' worth of foreign crabmeat as "Product of USA."
"Today's plea helps to ensure that American fi . . .