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21, 2013 One In Three Fish Sold At Restaurants And Grocery
Stores Is Mislabeled Originally published on Mon February 25,
2013 10:24 am There are so many fish in the sea. But from a
diner's viewpoint, peering down at a sliver of white fish atop a
bed of sushi rice, a lot of them look the same. Now a report
from the ocean conservation group Oceana confirms that there's a
pretty decent chance that fish on the plate or on ice in the
seafood case is not what it's labeled to be. That means that
seafood wallet cards designed by conservation groups to help
steer consumers towards sustainable choices may not be doing
much good. Between 2010 and 2012, Oceana took 1,215 seafood
samples from 674 retail outlets in 21 states. When they tested
the DNA, they found that 33 percent were mislabeled. Sushi
vendors and grocery stores were the most likely outlets to sell
mislabeled food, though Oceana says the fraud can happen before
it reaches them. Earlier investig