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February 23, 2013
18:27 • 2 months ago

Look out, seafood fans, something fishy is going on

Tags: tuna fish fish mislabeling mislabeled tuna fake tuna seafood fish scams ct numbers

  • 59%of “tuna” consumed in the United States isn’t actually tuna, and the skullduggery doesn’t stop there. Mislabeling of fish in the United States is, according to over 1,000 genetic tests run by ocean protection non-profit Oceana, utterly pervasive, with 18% of fish sold in grocery stores erroneously labelled. The most common place to find mislabeled fish, however? Sushi restaurants, where a staggering 74% of fish is not what you ordered. source

February 21, 2013
23:05 • 2 months ago
Tags: Food Seafood Fish Oceana Washington D.C. sc
Bad News Fish Fans: A recent study of D.C. area restaurants and grocery stores revealed 87 percent of the establishments were misrepresenting one or more of their seafood offerings. The study was carried out at 674 retail locations, pretty much eliminating any chance of a “poor sample size” counter-argument, and has us wondering how we can teach an iPhone to sample our fish before we buy/eat it. source

Bad News Fish Fans: A recent study of D.C. area restaurants and grocery stores revealed 87 percent of the establishments were misrepresenting one or more of their seafood offerings. The study was carried out at 674 retail locations, pretty much eliminating any chance of a “poor sample size” counter-argument, and has us wondering how we can teach an iPhone to sample our fish before we buy/eat it. source

October 15, 2012
23:49 • 7 months ago
Tags: headline of the day eww seafood es
Yum. Whether or not this is actually a useful way to raise seafood, whatta headline. (ht Hacker News) 

Yum. Whether or not this is actually a useful way to raise seafood, whatta headline. (ht Hacker News) 

 

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