The Great Shrimp Skimp w/ Dan Pashman

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On today’s episode, Laci is joined by pasta inventor and OG podcaster Dan Pashman (The Sporkful) to dive into a seafood scandal affecting shrimp lovers everywhere. That’s right—Laci and Dan don their lab coats and discover the investigative firm SeaD to uncover the widespread shrimp fraud impacting restaurants across the country and hurting small businesses. Plus, thieves pull off the ultimate heist, making off with 100,000 eggs. Stay schemin'!

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Research by Kathryn Doyle

SOURCES

https://www.yahoo.com/news/shrimp-fraud-found-rampant-many-173137438.html

https://news.fsu.edu/news/science-technology/2023/03/23/prawn-broker-fsu-researchers-develop-shrimp-authenticity-test/

https://ldh.la.gov/assets/oph/Center-EH/sanitarian/retailfood/LDHACT372CrawfishandShrimpMenuLabeling.pdf

https://www.seadconsulting.com/genetic-testing-to-identify-seafood-species

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/07/health/fish-mislabeling-investigation-oceana/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/05/us/pennsylvania-egg-theft-hnk/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/us/eggs-stolen-pennsylvania-shortage.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/28/subway-tuna-lawsuit-dismissed

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