Rampant Fish Fraud

[Common]

We cant win, from salmonella lettuce and vegetables to over antibiotic'd beef to tainted chicken to rampant fish fraud.


The next time you order the catch of the day, beware: There’s a good chance you won’t get what your pay for, according to a recent study on seafood fraud.
The conservation group Oceana found that 21% of the fish that researchers sampled from across the United States was not what it was labeled -- instead it was less desirable or cheaper fish. Popular and pricey fish like sea bass and snapper had the highest levels of mislabeling -- 55% for sea bass and 42% for snapper.


“If the price is too good to be true, you might want to choose something else,” says Kimberly Warner, a senior scientist at Oceana and one of the report’s authors.

Seafood was more frequently mislabeled in restaurants (26%) and at smaller markets (24%) than in large grocery stores (12%).



Warner says 90% of the seafood eaten in the United States is imported, and less than 1% is inspected by the government specifically for fraud. “The government needs more oversite and traceability of our seafood,” she says.

Oceana used DNA to test 400 samples of seafood from more than 250 retail outlets across the United States for the study, released March 7.


Last year, the New York Attorney General’s Office that found more than 1 in 4 samples of seafood bought at supermarket chains in the state were mislabeled.


“Research shows that seafood is mislabeled at all steps of the supply chain, from the time of catching to the import level, processing level, and grocer, retail, and restaurant level,” Warner says.


People are more likely to encounter mislabeled seafood in restaurants, either because a restaurant is unaware that it has purchased mislabeled fish, misidentifies a fish, or has purposely mislabeled it, Warner says.


Not knowing what kind of fish is on your plate can be dangerous to those who are allergic or more sensitive to certain types of seafood.



Warner says “wild” caught fish -- purchased at a premium -- are often substituted with farm-raised fish, which have higher levels of antibiotics and chemicals. The study also found that some fish was not sustainably caught, as advertised, and so-called locally sourced fish was from another country.

“Seafood is the last wild-caught food we eat. It tends to be pricey. If you’re going to a restaurant and paying top dollar, you want to be getting what you pay for,” she says.

Gavin Gibbons, a spokesman for the National Fisheries Institute, says his organization's Better Seafood Board works with the restaurant industry to make sure fish are labeled correctly.



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[Lummy]

My cat eats one type of canned glop labeled salmon and another labeled whitefish. She doesn't complain, and the prices are identical, so I'm okay with it. I rarely eat fish at restaurants except deep fried cod sandwiches. If they're mislabeled, its all the same to me. LOL

You should read what food servers do to the food before you eat it.

[Cotton1]

My cat eats one type of canned glop labeled salmon and another labeled whitefish. She doesn't complain, and the prices are identical, so I'm okay with it. I rarely eat fish at restaurants except deep fried cod sandwiches. If they're mislabeled, its all the same to me. LOL

You should read what food servers do to the food before you eat it.

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Thank you for being so good to your cat

[DGUtley]

Something is fishy here. The same thing is true in the olive oil business.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...ra-virgin.html

[Peter1469]

My cat eats one type of canned glop labeled salmon and another labeled whitefish. She doesn't complain, and the prices are identical, so I'm okay with it. I rarely eat fish at restaurants except deep fried cod sandwiches. If they're mislabeled, its all the same to me. LOL

You should read what food servers do to the food before you eat it.

I believe that if cod is substituted with anything it is halibut. They taste similar and are both good, so that wouldn't bother me.

I rarely eat fish out- I did recently (St. Paddy's Day) and that was cod at a nice restaurant that bases its daily menu on what it gets fresh that morning. So the online menu is just a possibility. You got to go to see what they have any particular day.

[Peter1469]

Something is fishy here. The same thing is true in the olive oil business.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...ra-virgin.html

Both the fish and olive oil frauds have been around for a long time. There are some good brands of olive oil, I can't remember the entire list, but the one that I get is California Olive Ranch Everyday (they have other versions as well). But the two famous olive oils are not on the good list. They tend to be diluted with lesser oils.

[Common]

I buy olive oil at aldis, its imported from italy and its outrageouly good. When i was a kid i rememver the strong smell of olives as the olive oil was heating. I get the same smell from aldis olive oil

Its pure sicilian Olive Oil

[donttread]

We cant win, from salmonella lettuce and vegetables to over antibiotic'd beef to tainted chicken to rampant fish fraud.


The next time you order the catch of the day, beware: There’s a good chance you won’t get what your pay for, according to a recent study on seafood fraud.
The conservation group Oceana found that 21% of the fish that researchers sampled from across the United States was not what it was labeled -- instead it was less desirable or cheaper fish. Popular and pricey fish like sea bass and snapper had the highest levels of mislabeling -- 55% for sea bass and 42% for snapper.


“If the price is too good to be true, you might want to choose something else,” says Kimberly Warner, a senior scientist at Oceana and one of the report’s authors.

Seafood was more frequently mislabeled in restaurants (26%) and at smaller markets (24%) than in large grocery stores (12%).



Warner says 90% of the seafood eaten in the United States is imported, and less than 1% is inspected by the government specifically for fraud. “The government needs more oversite and traceability of our seafood,” she says.

Oceana used DNA to test 400 samples of seafood from more than 250 retail outlets across the United States for the study, released March 7.


Last year, the New York Attorney General’s Office that found more than 1 in 4 samples of seafood bought at supermarket chains in the state were mislabeled.


“Research shows that seafood is mislabeled at all steps of the supply chain, from the time of catching to the import level, processing level, and grocer, retail, and restaurant level,” Warner says.


People are more likely to encounter mislabeled seafood in restaurants, either because a restaurant is unaware that it has purchased mislabeled fish, misidentifies a fish, or has purposely mislabeled it, Warner says.


Not knowing what kind of fish is on your plate can be dangerous to those who are allergic or more sensitive to certain types of seafood.



Warner says “wild” caught fish -- purchased at a premium -- are often substituted with farm-raised fish, which have higher levels of antibiotics and chemicals. The study also found that some fish was not sustainably caught, as advertised, and so-called locally sourced fish was from another country.

“Seafood is the last wild-caught food we eat. It tends to be pricey. If you’re going to a restaurant and paying top dollar, you want to be getting what you pay for,” she says.

Gavin Gibbons, a spokesman for the National Fisheries Institute, says his organization's Better Seafood Board works with the restaurant industry to make sure fish are labeled correctly.



https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/n...r5qXdXPx2OM%3d

Don't forget "bay scallops"