{"id":27362,"date":"2023-05-26T09:34:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T13:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=27362"},"modified":"2023-05-26T09:34:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T13:34:03","slug":"kick-off-the-summer-with-maryland-crabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2023\/05\/26\/kick-off-the-summer-with-maryland-crabs\/","title":{"rendered":"Kick Off the Summer with Maryland Crabs\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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True Blue logo ensures fresh, local seafood\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

ANNAPOLIS, MD (May 26, 2023)<\/b> \u2013 Memorial Day weekend marks a great time to enjoy Maryland blue crabs and crab meat. To guarantee you are purchasing fresh local crabs and crab meat, the Maryland Department of Agriculture encourages you to check the container\u2019s label to confirm that crab meat being purchased was caught in Maryland. While dining out, ask the restaurant server if the crabs being served are from Maryland or look for the <\/span>True Blue<\/span><\/i> logo on the menu.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHere in Maryland, our delicious Chesapeake Bay blue crabs are second to none,\u201d said Maryland Department of Agriculture Secretary Kevin Atticks. \u201cTo support Maryland\u2019s watermen, please check that the crabs and crab meat that you are purchasing are indeed Maryland crab. And remember to pair with more local produce like Maryland sweet corn, tomatoes, lettuce, and asparagus!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

If consumers see the <\/span>True Blue<\/span><\/i> logo on a restaurant menu, the Maryland Department of Agriculture\u00a0 has confirmed their participation in the True Blue program. Only restaurants that serve Maryland blue crabs and crab meat can use the <\/span>True Blue<\/span><\/i> logo on their menus.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more about the True Blue Program, please visit Maryland Seafood at <\/span>https:\/\/seafood.maryland.gov\/true-blue-maryland-crab-meat\/<\/span><\/a>. To locate your nearest farmers markets and produce stands, visit <\/span>MarylandsBest.net<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Follow Maryland Department of Agriculture on Twitter <\/span>@MdAgDept<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

True Blue logo ensures fresh, local seafood\u00a0\u00a0 ANNAPOLIS, MD (May 26, 2023) \u2013 Memorial Day weekend marks a great time to enjoy Maryland blue crabs and crab meat. To guarantee you are purchasing fresh local crabs and crab meat, the Maryland Department of Agriculture encourages you to check the container\u2019s label to confirm that crab  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":222,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27362"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27364,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27362\/revisions\/27364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}