Oceana blasts Monterey Bay Aquarium, and shrimp industry, with fictional report of mislabeling
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by John Sackton Oct 30, 2014
Oceana put out with great fanfare a false report today claiming that 30% of the shrimp sold in the US is mislabeled, and also blasting the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch list for having shrimp listed in all three categories: best choice, good alternative, and avoid.
This is part of an Oceana campaign to scare American consumers about seafood. They recently put out a similar report on mislabeled fish, not bothering to tell readers that all but one of their samples were of snapper and grouper species, where there is a well known mislabeling issue that has also been flagged by the FDA...
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