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Special report | Fishy business
Handshake deals and vague invoices make it easy for mislabeling — intentional or not — to take place at the expense of consumers who end up paying more for inferior seafood.
Special report | Fishy business
A year after a Globe investigation revealed widespread fish mislabeling, a new round of DNA testing shows that the problem still exists.
Fishy business
Bill carries fines for mislabeled seafoodLegislation would impose fines on places that mislabel seafood and make Mass. the first state to ban escolar, known as the “ex-lax” fish.
Frozen fish from the supermarket often has an excess of ice — and consumers are paying the price.
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Part 1
A Globe investigation found fish bought at restaurants across the region was mislabeled about half the time. Sometimes it was innocent error, but often the switch was deliberate, driven by profits.
Part 2
Fish supply chain open to abusesThe rampant mislabeling of fish that consumers buy can be largely traced to this: the lack of anything like the regulations imposed on meat suppliers.
The Trace and Trust program is one of several tracking fish from the boat to the customer’s plate as concerns grow over mislabeling of seafood.
‘Key West grouper’ in name onlyA fish described by T.G.I. Friday's as Key West grouper at hundreds of restaurants across the country was later found to be Vietnamese catfish.
The story of how hake ended up as cod on the menu at 94 Bertucci’s restaurants is not unusual. But when the chain found out, they decided to fix the mislabeling.
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