The iconic slogan is “Maryland Is For Crabs,” and those who love Blue Crabs from the Chesapeake Bay know there are big differences between Maryland crabmeat and the cheap, imported crabmeat that is reaching tables from China, the Philippines, Indonesia and Venezuela.
“You can buy that crabmeat and it’s supercheap. The market is flooded with it,” said Daniel Greenbaum, fish monger and market manager, The Market At Ivy City Smokehouse in Northeast D.C.
Maryland Blue Crab and cheap imports are handled and processed differently.
“There aren’t any noncertified packing houses in the United States,” Greenbaum said. The packing houses verify species, food handling and worker conditions at the plants.
“If you’re getting it from the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand, all those other countries, it’s not as regulated and we don’t have as good information,” he said.
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