| Abstract: |
Restaurants have been “getting away” with passing off catfish as cod due to the seafood testing being intelligence-led, experts have claimed. The term “fish fraud” describes the passing off or mislabelling of seafood products as a more expensive type to boost margins. In 2017, seven of 91 samples sent to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) were a cheaper substitute for the product they claimed to be. The number of samples tested is much lower than the 665 meat products tested by the FSA. According to the FSA local authorities “are responsible for developing and implementing their food sampling policy”. |
