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j mo · 05-27-2011, 07:20 AM

Scientists aiming their gene sequencers at commercial seafood are discovering rampant labeling fraud in supermarket coolers and restaurant tables: cheap fish is often substituted for expensive fillets, and overfished species are passed off as fish whose numbers are plentiful.

NOAA

A mako shark fillet, above, is often passed off as swordfish, top.

Yellowtail stands in for mahi-mahi. Nile perch is labeled as shark, and tilapia may be the Meryl Streep of seafood, capable of playing almost any role.

read more here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/27/sc...th/27fish.html

05-27-2011, 07:20 AM	#1
j mo Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Encinitas Posts: 600	one more reason to catch your own.... Scientists aiming their gene sequencers at commercial seafood are discovering rampant labeling fraud in supermarket coolers and restaurant tables: cheap fish is often substituted for expensive fillets, and overfished species are passed off as fish whose numbers are plentiful. NOAA A mako shark fillet, above, is often passed off as swordfish, top. Yellowtail stands in for mahi-mahi. Nile perch is labeled as shark, and tilapia may be the Meryl Streep of seafood, capable of playing almost any role. read more here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/27/sc...th/27fish.html