Fish Police, Washington Businesses Split on Seafood Fraud
Nine months after the publication of a startling report about incidents of farmed salmon incorrectly labeled as wild-caught, owners of Seattle sushi restaurants and grocery stores still don't consider mislabeling to be a major threat to their businesses and patrons.
Washington state's fish police disagree, contending that the issue is much worse than it appears.
A report published in November by Seattle Pacific University researchers called salmon mislabeling “a widespread problem" after finding that 18% of salmon samples from Seattle-based grocery stores and sushi restaurants were mislabeled based on origin...
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