date:Apr 09, 2014
A new Senate bill, if passed, would place seafood suppliers and restaurant owners on the hook for a $1,000 fine and up to a year in jail for selling mislabeled seafood.
SB 1138, authored by state Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Los Angeles, would require labeling of fresh, frozen, processed and others forms of fish to be identified by its common name, which means the common name or market name for any seafood species identified in the Seafood List issued by the federal Food and Drug Administration, the bi