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Plant-based tuna company threatens anti-trust lawsuit against Boston seafood show owner

Atlantic Natural Foods, producer of the vegan tuna brand Tuno, said Tuesday it is “considering legal options around the denial of its entrance” into the annual Seafood Expo North America show set for March in Boston.

The company said Tuesday the denial violated its first amendment rights.

In October 2019, Atlantic Natural requested admittance to the 2020 show to exhibit its Tuno product — a fishless canned seafood made with a blend of ocean proteins including seaweed and algae, soy, yeast, sunflower oil and other ingredients — and was denied on the basis that, as a matter of policy, the show is “restricted to seafood producers.”…

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