Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture & Industries Ron Sparks has announced an amendment today to the August 2005 stop sale order of all Vietnamese farm-raised fish and seafood products in the state of Alabama to include grouper, sole, and flounder.
The extension is a result of continued testing of Vietnamese brands of fish. The original stop sale order was for more than 200,000 lbs. of product, which included approximately 115,000 lbs. that was mislabeled as Vietnam Wild Caught Sole. The product was actually pangasius hypothalamus (sutchi catfish). In April, 44,000 lbs. of product labeled Wild Caught Grouper were determined to be mislabeled pangasius hypothalamus.
