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Feb. 13, 4 p.m. CET
Germans fear ‘negative’ TV programs that attack imported seafood
Remembering the backlash caused by the airing of 'The Pangasius Lie,' a TV program that damned the Vietnamese pangasius industry, seafood traders are nervous about a new TV program that targets the Thai shrimp industry.
“We are mulling whether to inform the retailers and media beforehand [about the show] or wait for the program.”
Shrimp accounts for nearly 12 percent of the German market, when including molluscs.
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