37% of Fish Is Not What It Is Sold As

[Lucky]

From SFGate:

Misbranding food for financial gain is illegal under state and federal law. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration
publishes a guide of acceptable market names for certain fish species,
but the laws can be complicated. The agency, for instance, lists 14
species that can be labeled "tuna."

Oceana has thus far found seafood mislabeling everywhere it has done testing, including Boston, Los Angeles, Miami and Monterey. The group hopes to test fish platters in at least six coastal cities around the country.

The
DNA-testing campaign, in which dozens of volunteers are provided
testing kits with instructions and monitoring sheets, created an uproar
when the early results came out. In South Florida, Shester said, results
showed that 31 percent of the fish tested at restaurants and markets
was mislabeled.

In Los Angeles, 55 percent, and in Boston, 48 percent of the fish sold was not what it was touted to be, he said.

Bad surprise

A
closer look at the results in Los Angeles showed that eight out of nine
sushi samples labeled as "white tuna," or shiro maguro, were actually
escolar, which Shester calls the "ex-lax fish" for its purgative effect
on the digestive system. Escolar is not among the 14 species that can
legally be labeled as tuna.

Oceana found that 87 percent of the
sushi venues tested misrepresented the fish being served, the worst
record of any type of restaurant. Thirty-one percent of grocery stores
misidentified fish, Shester said.

One of advocates' biggest
concerns is the unadvertised use of shark meat in fish tacos, Shester
said, because, among other reasons, sharks often contain high
concentrations of mercury.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Oceana-targets-fishy-labeling-practices-3811735.php#ixzz2Lf5ikMke

[boiworship]

Another reason to be a raw vegan.

[TampaYankee]

Unregulated capitalism at work. Have you kept up with the horse meat scandal in the UK?

[TampaYankee]

Another reason to be a raw vegan.

As long as don't expect that your organic vegetables be organic more than 37% of the time.

[Guest EXPAT]

At least I know it is genuine at my favorite sushi place in SoCal which has the best sushi I've ever had any where and that includes my many trips to Japan.

[Guest zipperzone]

At least I know it is genuine at my favorite sushi place in SoCal which has the best sushi I've ever had any where and that includes my many trips to Japan.

I'm not a fish fancier. Would never eat it voluntarily. Especially sushi. The very thought of eating raw fish curdles my blood.

[Lucky]

At least I know it is genuine at my favorite sushi place in SoCal which has the best sushi I've ever had any where and that includes my many trips to Japan.

But isn't the point that the customer doesn't know that he isn't getting what he is told he is? The restaurant itself might not know.

[RA1]

Fish may be a large group of mis-identified food but escargot may the largest single item that is mis-labeled.

Best regards,

RA1

[Lucky]

I know my escargot is always mislabeled. It says ground sirloin on the package, but the bf assures me it is escargot.

[Guest hitoallusa]

I'm confuse do you have a husband or bf, Lucky. Do you have both?! Oh my you are really Lucky..

[AdamSmith]

Fish may be a large group of mis-identified food but escargot may the largest single item that is mis-labeled.

Best regards,

RA1

Although in truth I've never seen an escargot much larger than an inch across.

Unless the mislabeling goes in the opposite direction?

[Lucky]

I'm confuse do you have a husband or bf, Lucky. Do you have both?! Oh my you are really Lucky..

He is both.

[Guest hitoallusa]

Aww you are the Luckiest man.. A husband who is still romantic and fresh enough to be called a bf.. I need to get some lessons from you...

[RA1]

Although in truth I've never seen an escargot much larger than an inch across.

Unless the mislabeling goes in the opposite direction?

I think it fits into a group with giant shrimp.

Best regards,

RA1

[Lucky]

Unregulated capitalism at work. Have you kept up with the horse meat scandal in the UK?

Is Bird's Eye a horse's ass for selling horse meat? http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/business/global/23iht-horse23.html?ref=todayspaper

[lookin]

Not much on fish, but I think horse meat, properly served up, can make for a tasty meal.

[Guest hitoallusa]

On my that's a big cock!