Price Chopper sold undersized lobsters

Price Chopper Supermarkets sold undersized lobsters, according with an inspections conducted by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
The lobsters where shipped by the Cape Cod-based wholesaler The Lobster Trap, who has acknowledged responsibility for shipping undersized lobsters.

The Lobster Trap said in a statement that it inadvertently shipped lobsters to Price Chopper that would be of legal size in other states but fell short of requirements in New York. In New York, lobsters must measure at least 3 3/8 inches from the eye socket to the end of the body shell.

“It was never our intention to send short length lobsters to any of our customers,” said The Lobster Trap co-owner Logan Clarke.

“It’s entirely our fault that some of our packers mixed 3 1/4-inch lobsters earmarked for other Northeastern states with the shipment bound for Price Chopper.”