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| New Study Shows 59% of “Tuna” Sold in the U.S. Isn’t Tuna |
| 2013-03-03 |
| This is just the latest revelation in the stealth inflation and food fraud theme I have written about frequently in recent months. The non-profit group Oceana took samples of 1,215 fish sold in the U.S. and genetic tests found that that 59% of those labeled tuna were mislabeled. It seems that “white tuna” should be avoided in particular as “84% of fish samples labeled “white tuna” were actually escolar, a fish that can cause prolonged, uncontrollable, oily anal leakage.” Oh and if you live in my hometown of New York City, you should pay particular attention: Big Apple has big problem with seafood fraud: 94 percent of tuna and more than three quarters of sushi samples in New York City mislabeled. Of the 142 fish samples collected in New York, 39 percent were mislabeled. New York City led the nation with the highest occurrence of mislabeled salmon as well as the highest amount of fraud among salmon collected from grocery stores and restaurants. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #15 I do wonder if some of the complaints of bad sushi, complete with repeated trips to the bathroom, actually come from consuming escolar. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2013-03-03 19:51 |
| #14 OTOH I would think its a "necessary evil" - iff they didn't, all those other non-Tuna fish species captured in longliner nets + other would simply go to waste + thrown away because there's simply not enough corporate/comercial or private buyers for their meat, not even in local neighborhood public/open markets + stores. Iff the Gubmint wants to do something, they + Wall Street should focus on ways to improve fish + other sea or ocean farming [aquaculture] that better for both humanity + the environment. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-03-03 18:50 |
| #13 escolar, a fish that can cause prolonged, uncontrollable, oily anal leakage." How long before the French try to turn it into a perfume? |
| Posted by: Charles 2013-03-03 18:39 |
| #12 I nominate Brerabbit for snark of the day |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-03-03 17:41 |
| #11 escolar, a fish that can cause prolonged, uncontrollable, oily anal leakage." They say that like its a bad thing.. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2013-03-03 17:33 |
| #10 escolar, a fish that can cause prolonged, uncontrollable, oily anal leakage." It's worth it. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-03-03 17:13 |
| #9 Soylent Green Is PEEEOOOPPPLLLEEEE!!!! Orion |
| Posted by: Orion 2013-03-03 15:10 |
| #8 Point taken, CF. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-03-03 12:05 |
| #7 Nah - it is not believable. The Lightbringer would accept no office lower than a god. He already has his faithful, his own pope (Jarret), his daily worship service (MSM Newscasts...), etc... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-03-03 12:03 |
| #6 The sad part about that, #5 Besoeker, it that it's believable. :-( |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-03-03 11:57 |
| #5 In other BREAKING NEWS concerning fakery: WASHINGTON, DC (AP Feb 20,2013)- Sources close to the White House have learned that Barack Obama is planning to run for the office of Pope when the College of Cardinals convenes to elect a successor to ailing Benedict XVI at the end of this month. Calling on the promise of Equality for All, Obama is said to firmly believe that the time has come for a non-Catholic to occupy the Vatican's highest office. Foreseeing a looming citizenship issue he states that he has discovered an Italian birth certificate that proves he was born in Rome before he was born in Kenya. "That Hawaiian birth certificate never has been worth what I paid for it anyway", he noted. Continuing, he concluded, "And there's no way that a handful of cardinals could be more expensive to buy than 10 million voters in Michigan." Further questions should be directed to Obama's Papal Campaign Manager, Abdul Azeem Khan. Foreseeing a looming citizenship issue he states that he has discovered an Italian birth certificate that proves he was born in Rome before he was born in Kenya. "That Hawaiian birth certificate never has been worth what I paid for it anyway", he noted. Continuing, he concluded, "And there's no way that a handful of cardinals could be more expensive to buy than 10 million voters in Michigan." Further questions should be directed to Obama's Papal Campaign Manager, Abdul Azeem Khan. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-03 11:22 |
| #4 can cause prolonged, uncontrollable, oily anal leakage Sounds like my reaction to Obummer 8^( |
| Posted by: Alanc 2013-03-03 11:17 |
| #3 can cause prolonged, uncontrollable, oily anal leakage this is just a plot by Big Depends Business™ |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-03-03 11:04 |
| #2 Tuna cans filled with Sea Horses. |
| Posted by: airandee 2013-03-03 10:25 |
| #1 ..but, but the mayor is concerned with transfats and big gulps, not truth in labeling. His minions are hustling the fast food joints not the fish markets (cause maybe the mob doesn't collect from McDs, but probably does have hands in the markets again since Giuliani has moved on). |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-03-03 08:55 |