Foreign Crab Meat Labeled as Product of USA Lands Seafood Company Owner in Prison
The owner of a North Carolina-based seafood company will spend time in prison after being convicted of falsely labeling and selling certain food products.
Phillip R. Carawan, owner, president, and CEO of Columbia, NC’s Capt. Neill’s Seafood Inc. was sentenced to 12 months plus 1 day in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, and he will have to pay a $250,000. These are punishments for committing consumer fraud. Between 2012 and 2015, he is accused of falsely labeling millions of dollars worth of foreign crab meat as “Product of the USA.” The crab meat was actually from South America and Asia.