FARNHub
Food Authenticity Research Network Hub
| Title : | Fraudsters are dyeing cheap tuna pink and selling it on as fresh fish in £174m industry |
| Author(s) : | |
| Source : | Independent |
| Year : | 2017 |
| Link : | http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/dyeing-cheap-tuna-pink-sell-fresh-fish-fraud-174-million-industry-any-other-key-words-a7532066.html |
| Country : | Europe |
| Commodity: | SE-Fish and fish products |
| Abstract: | Fraudsters are colouring low-quality tuna and selling it off as premium fresh fish in an underground market which makes hundreds of millions of pounds a year, according to official figures. Each week, five million tuna portions - equivalent to 500 tones - that would otherwise be destined for tins are doctored and sold as fresh fish at double their original value. |