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Cod By Another Name
United States v. Delaney (2011)
Charge: Lacey Act & FDCA false labelingCourt: U.S. District Court, D. MassachusettsState: MassachusettsDocket: The Black Market
Did the packer knowingly apply false labels to fish that were then sold in interstate commerce?
The facts
A fish packer took frozen fillets out of one box, put them into a new box and applied a new label. Cheap pollock from one country went out as cod from another. Sole became flounder. Labels named countries the fish had never been near. Cod fetched about a dollar a pound more than pollock. He said the dealers who owned the fish told him which labels to use.
You have the facts the court had. Guilty or not guilty? Call it in the game with your friends, then see what the court actually decided. Wrong call, you drink.
Citation: United States v. Delaney (D. Mass. 2011)
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