The results of the December 2021 round of random, covert samples from retailers around Australia are in – 96% of prawns marked ‘Australian’ were again found to be Australian. The survey is part of a four-year FRDC/ACPF investment with Curtin University and Source Certain into Australian Wild Prawn trace element fingerprints.
The 4% of samples that failed to verify their ‘Australian claim’ (Easter 2022) were taken from one supermarket deli and one seafood retailer.
The ACPF will send the latest results through to the supply chain and release the confidence boosting results to the public.