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| Title : | Mislabeling is rampant in the seafood industry |
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| Source : | WSAW |
| Year : | 2018 |
| Link : | https://www.wsaw.com/content/news/Mislabeling-is-rampant-in-the-seafood-industry-498144261.html |
| Country : | United States of America |
| Commodity: | SE SeaFood-All |
| Abstract: | Recent investigations and studies have shown mislabeling – sometimes due to error but often the result of outright fraud – is rampant in the seafood industry, showing up both in the marketplace and on restaurant menus. One study of retailers found seafood like grouper, cod and snapper may be mislabeled up to 87 percent of the time, swapped out for less desirable and cheaper varieties. For example, only seven of the 120 samples of red snapper were actually red snapper. |