seafood mislabelling

17 Mar
2021

Fish detectives: the sleuths using ‘e-DNA’ to fight seafood fraud

Source: The Guardian A Canadian supplier known for wild salmon has teamed up with geneticists to prove what really ends up on the plate Read more

15 Mar
2021

Revealed: seafood fraud happening on a vast global scale

Source: The Guardian Guardian analysis of 44 studies finds nearly 40% of 9,000 products from restaurants, markets and fishmongers were mislabelled A Guardian Seascape analysis of 44 recent studies of more than 9,000 seafood samples from restaurants, fishmongers and supermarkets in more than 30 countries found that 36% were mislabelled, exposing seafood fraud on a […]

7 May
2019

Widespread seafood fraud in Korea, EJF DNA testing reveals

Source: EJF Following reports of mislabelled seafood in South Korean markets, EJF conducted the first comprehensive DNA test to determine the size of the problem. Shockingly, it found that one out of three seafood samples tested were wrongly labelled. Naming is knowing; knowing what fish you’re eating gives you the power to control your diet, […]