Oceana Petitions Feds to Mandate Use of Species Specific Seafood Labels
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] July 22, 2015
Oceana has started a campaign to get US officials to clear up seafood nomenclature issues and mandate "one name for one fish" for use on products labels, menus and other packaging.
Currently the FDA only requires the acceptable market name to be used for consumer-facing seafood labels, which Oceana says can cause confusion among consumers about the source and type of seafood they are buying and eating.
“Throughout the supply chain, seafood is often transformed from whole fish to fillet, shrimp to cocktail and crab to cake...
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