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The cover story for March issue of SeaFood Business, which will be available at the IBSS, is on species substitution.  In the article, Law and Order, Jamie Wright provides a recap of the Boston Globe story and subsequent Massachusetts legislature hearing.  In addition, there is a lengthy interview w

Lost in all the press generated by the Boston Globe 2-part series on

KGO-TV, San Francisco’s ABC affiliate ran an excellent story about a current FDA project to supplement the global database “Fish Barcode of Life”.  Pairing taxonomic identifications with unique DNA sequences provides the linkage necessary for regulatory actions on misidentified species.  A positive story about FDA’s efforts to combat species substitution – no gotcha story

Google Alert was busy this week with media pick up of Oceana’s awareness campaign on seafood fraud, including some

You may have missed it, because this is not a seafood example, but once again FDA has issued a Warning Letter to a firm for alleged situations of species substitution.  In this situation, FDA reports finding the following:

Kudos to FDA for issuing a Warning Letter for an alleged case of species substitution.  It wasn’t seafood related, but it was a crack down on species substitution none then less.  In this situation, FDA reports finding the following:

I just read an interesting article that came to my attention through Google Alerts.  This online article - Crisis Management in the Poultry Industry – Preparing for the Unexpected - provides some good general quick tips for purchasers to prevent being the recipient of fraudulent products.  Suggestions like applying a risk rating to the goods you purchase, especially goods purchased on “spot” markets, or having sufficiently detailed product specifications which are a

Some good reading on federal and state fish and wildlife officers’ activities to crack down on the illegal trade in endangered species with DNA testing.  Yes this the same testing that is used by companies to verify the identity of species.  Is that $5 grouper sandwich really grouper?

Apparently fraud is a two-way street.

As mentioned before, fraud in the seafood and food industry can happen in many ways and in any country. Former Ocean Fresh owner pleads guilty in fraud case