Jump to full article: The Guardian (uk), 2003-09-03
Author: Terry Macalister The Guardian
Intro: British American Tobacco - under fire in the UK over its refusal to withdraw from Burma - has caused a stink in the United States because of some mysterious seafood imports.
A shipment of shrimps with the name of BAT subsidiary Rothmans of Pall Mall stamped all over it was impounded by the American food and drug administration and deemed unfit for human consumption.
The world's number two cigarette maker appears to have become involved in the unusual trade through an attempt to win foreign currency for its controversial business in Burma, otherwise known as Myanmar. . .
BAT said last night it was baffled by the report.
"I have no idea how our name came to be attached to the shrimp exports," a London-based spokeswoman for the company said.
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