Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers Fight to Change Misleading Use of "Alaska Pollock" (Fish Radio)
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Fish Radio with Laine Welch] October 9, 2015
This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Alaska pollock pushes for a name change. More after this
When is Alaska pollock not really Alaska pollock?
When it is listed as such by the FDA, which governs what every US seafood product will be called. The Food and Drug Administration applies the Alaska Pollock moniker to all fish of that species, regardless of where it is caught.
"So if the fish is caught in Korea or Japan or Russia it still can be sold as Alaska pollock in the United States. And that’s not the case with Alaska salmon or halibut or Alaska crab."
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