The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating claims by the Corporate Accountability Lab (CAL) and the Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA) that the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification program, managed by the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GSA), is engaging in deceptive advertising. The allegations, supported by a three-year CAL study and U.S. FDA data, include misleading advertising of Indian shrimp as meeting strict environmental and labor standards, despite evidence of forced labor, unsanitary conditions, and environmental issues on BAP-certified farms. The groups also criticize BAP for not improving local conditions and for misleading consumers about the true production practices. Indian shrimp, a significant portion of U.S. imports, has been found to contain banned antibiotics and has been labeled as potentially force-labor-involved by the U.S. Department of Labor, raising concerns about the accuracy and ethics of BAP certification.