| Abstract: |
One out of five seafood samples taken from across the country, including Kansas, Missouri and Colorado, are mislabeled. That’s according to a study by Oceana, a nonprofit organization that promotes marine conservation. Of all the seafood consumed in the U.S., more than 80 percent (2.6 million tons) is imported. And while U.S. fisheries are regulated by the Federal Food and Drug Administration and National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, for their environmental impact and risk to consumers, foreign fisheries may not be. The study, released March 7, found that small independent grocery stores and restaurants were more likely to advertise fish as locally caught or an expensive product (namely, sea bass) that was in fact a cheap import. |
