About Seafood

Did you know that the FDA Food Code has a provision that says that species substitution is against the rules? Well apparently this is not very clearly stated in the Food Code because we frequently see...

Seafood fraud and NFI members efforts to eliminate fraud have been brought front and center to the American public this week with the NCWM release of preliminary results of the investigation by states...

More than once I have bemoaned the fact that one media outlet or another did a story on seafood and did not reach out to use NFI as a resource. I maintain its rather difficult to write a story about t...

Unless you have a direct line to FDAs Division of Compliance Policy it is often difficult to understand how the agency interprets the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act. This is the law that defines w...

CBP does a great job of publicizing their successes. This releasecame across my email recently Baltimore CBP Flexes Muscles Over Phony Fitness Gear. Clever headline, made me read more.CBP aggressivel...

Here is a belated look at the Greek-style mahi mahi I greeted my visitors with when they arrived on Sunday. My sister Carlie loves lemons (to the point where she gets the extremely zippy lemon chi...

Lets be honest. If you havent seen stories in the media recently about an increased interest in ferreting out seafood fraud youve been living under a rock. Busts for short-weighted fish, mislabeled sp...

The headlines are everywhere; Fish Tale Has DNA Hook, DNA testing uncovers suspect sushi, Expensive fish mislabeled. Is it culinary fraud or an accident? Some serious science appears to have exposed ...