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That’s fishy: Feds fight fraud in seafood sizes

By Associated Press

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  March 15, 2012

Those plump scallops might be a lot smaller than they look -- a sodium-based compound can bloat scallops past their actual size. And that pollock fillet isn’t such a good deal if the price includes the layers of ice glazed onto it to keep it fresh. This “overglazing” rips off consumers, as does so-called “soaking” of scallops. At the International Seafood Show in Boston this week, a top federal seafood quality officer announced his agency was increasing efforts to stop these and other types of seafood fraud.

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