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"GO
SOUTH, YOUNG MAN,” could be the slogan of SeaSpecialties, one
of the largest manufacturers and distributors of smoked fish and
seafood in the country. Founded by the Oxenberg brothers, who sold
smoked fish from pushcarts on the streets of Brooklyn beginning
in 1926, the firm followed many of its customers to Miami, establishing
itself anew as Florida Smoked Fish in 1954. Now led by President
and CEO Harvey Oxenberg, the firm is under the management of third
and fourth generation members of the found-ing family.
Under
Harvey’s Oxenberg’s leadership, SeaSpe-cialties has sought
to transform itself from a local Miami smoked fish operation into
a nationally rec-ognized specialty seafood business. “With
lots of hard work and creative thinking, our business has grown
and diversified these last 50 years in ways that were never imagined
by my grandfather and great-uncle,” Harvey says. In addition
to Miami, the company now operates facilities in nearby Ft. Lauderdale,
Philadelphia and New York, and satisfies its customers from deli
counters to five-star restaurants throughout the western hemisphere.
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supervision has played a major role in Sea-Specialties’ growth
over the past 25 years. “Our cus-tomers demand OU supervision
because it is considered to be the highest authority on Jew-ish
dietary laws,” declares Harvey. “The observant Jewish
population respects the OU and therefore pur-chases our product
over others that do not have OU certification. The non-Jewish population
con-siders kosher products, especially those certified kosher by
the OU, to be fresh and of high quality. Unquestionably OU certification
establishes confi-dence with consumers that the product has passed
inspection and meets high quality standards.” Harvey Oxenberg
adds that the firm’s relation-ship with the OU “is cordial,
professional and hon-est. We have the utmost integrity, and we share
that integrity with the OU.”
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