WASHINGTON — The fish industry would have to publicly track fish from the boat to the plate under a sweeping new seafood fraud bill introduced Wednesday by US representatives Edward Markey and Barney Frank that imposes hefty fines for violators.
The Safety and Fraud Enforcement for Seafood Act, or SAFE Seafood Act, comes nearly a year after a Globe report revealed widespread seafood substitution in restaurants across Massachusetts. Results of the five-month investigation published last fall found nearly half of the fish tested at 134 restaurants and supermarkets was mislabeled. In many cases, less desirable and cheaper species took the place of fresh local fish.
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HEAVEN FORBID Barney Frank introduce significant legislation like a US Jobs Expatriation ACT which would prevent firms like State Street Corp and its CEO Jay Hooley and his Operations Man Allen Greene from sending 750 good paying FUND ADMIN Jobs in downtown to INDIA in a joint partnership with SYNTEL(SYNT)Corp of TROY MI. I guess when your receive thousands of d dollars each year from the very companies you are supposed to be regulating it is easier to do nothing as the US middle class is slaughtered... I am so glad to see the Globe covering fish stories again. oh, why is the Globe going out of business anyway ?.............