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An Illinois consumer craving seafood who bought a 2-pound bag of shrimp priced at $12.99 a pound expected to pay about $26 for dinner, not $16 for the meal and $10 for some melted ice.
That's one example of an expensive-but-little-noticed rip-off in which seafood shoppers pay for large amounts of ice that are not supposed to be included in the price, according to a group of industry and government officials that conducted inspections in 17 states.
The investigation found many such cases across the country, and the culprit is the coating of ice applied to frozen seafood to preserve quality during storage and distribution. The ice was wrongly included as part of the labeled weight of seafood, according to the National Conference on Weights and Measures, which conducted the investigation. In some instances, the investigation found, ice accounted for up to 40 percent of the product's weight.
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That's one example of an expensive-but-little-noticed rip-off in which seafood shoppers pay for large amounts of ice that are not supposed to be included in the price, according to a group of industry and government officials that conducted inspections in 17 states.
The investigation found many such cases across the country, and the culprit is the coating of ice applied to frozen seafood to preserve quality during storage and distribution. The ice was wrongly included as part of the labeled weight of seafood, according to the National Conference on Weights and Measures, which conducted the investigation. In some instances, the investigation found, ice accounted for up to 40 percent of the product's weight.
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