FDA Debars Father and Son From Importing Food After Selling Giant Squid as Octopus
FDA on Sept. 23 debarred a father and son from importing food for five years for falsely labeling giant squid they brought in from Peru as octopus, the agency said in a pair of notices published in that day’s Federal…
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Register. FDA said Roy Tuccillo Sr. and Jr. -- respectively the owner, president, and COO, and the manager of Anchor Foods, Inc. and Advanced Frozen Foods, Inc. -- were convicted in 2020 of importing the giant squid between 2011 and 2014 and selling it in New Jersey, Texas and Massachusetts as octopus. The companies sold $1,128,388.50 worth of the giant squid. Neither Tuccillo responded to FDA when given notice of the proposed debarments.