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DMR pushes seafood‑labeling bill, plans Gulf Fresh marketing after passage
Summary
Mississippi DMR director told the commission the department’s top legislative priority is a seafood‑labeling bill that would require restaurants, markets and distributors to indicate whether seafood is domestic or foreign. The agency plans to create a ‘Gulf Fresh’ marketing program if the law passes.
Director Joe Spraggins told the Mississippi Advisory Commission on Marine Resources that the department’s leading bill this legislative session would require seafood sellers — restaurants, markets and distributors — to label product origin as domestic or foreign.
Spraggins said the labeling requirement is intended to help Gulf harvesters and steer…
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