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03-03-2013, 11:09 AM | #1 |
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SoCal Leads Nation In Seafood Mislabeling
Southern California led the country with the highest rate of seafood mislabeling from grocery stores and a sushi roll named after it.one of the highest from sushi restaurants. Of the 74 different retail outlets visited, 45 of them sold mislabeled seafood. While grocery stores had the lowest rate of mislabeling (32 percent), consumers should be disturbed to learn that almost one in three samples from grocery stores were mislabeled. Our study revealed that 84 percent of the sushi purchased was mislabeled, a shameful statistic for a state with Of the 21 sushi venues visited, only one sold correctly labeled seafood. The other 20 (95 percent) sold at least one fish that was mislabeled, according to the FDA. Oceana originally released the results of our Southern California testing in April 2012. 13 Since then, the Los Angeles County Seafood Task Force14 conducted its own study and found 74 percent of the seafood facilities investigated sold mislabeled seafood, validating Oceana’s findings.15 The pervasive false and inaccurate seafood labels were found at all levels of seafood commerce including retail, wholesale and import levels. The Los Angeles County officials are following up with corrective actions, including continued inspections, oversight and enforcement. http://oceana.org/sites/default/file...ults_FINAL.pdf |
03-03-2013, 12:19 PM | #2 |
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That's pretty interesting. Thanks for sharing.
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03-03-2013, 01:59 PM | #3 |
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Thanks for that
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03-04-2013, 09:35 PM | #4 |
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Yeah I've heard something like that before. Thanks for bringing it back to mind
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03-04-2013, 09:45 PM | #5 |
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