Fish – Get what you pay for – Club Sauce
March 15, 2012 by Saucemaster
Filed under Latest News
That fish special price may not be so special.
Fish is substituted or mislabeled up to 70% of the time according
to the following research report. You may have received a substitute
or mislabeled piece of fish and it probably cost half the price of what you thought you were buying.
Mislabeling or dating can seriously impact the freshness and quality of fish – changing labels is not an uncommon practice. And as a matter of fact some substituted varieties of fish can actually cause people to be ill, especially if it doesn’t meet with certain dietary restrictions. Lastly, you can overpay by weight when ordering fish if it contains a slick film of ice that is not rinsed off before it is actually weighed.
With a little snooping, I came up with some very important information well worth passing on before you make that next fish purchase at a restaurant or from your local fish monger.
Several research projects are being conducted on the mislabeling and substitution of various fish species at restaurants and markets in the US. As fish gains in popularity as a healthy food with high nutritional values these researchers discovered several species rapidly nearing extinction due to over fishing. I not only found these research projects timely but an important source for information to consider when I make that next purchase of fish and their future sustainability.
I believe you too will be a little more curious about the fish you are about to purchase once you have read the following article. (Please click the headline below to read the article)
Fake Fish: Experts Say Mislabeling of Seafood Is Risky Business
In subsequent newsletters I will uncover more research, articles and information about food and food related topics of interest. If you missed my last newsletter you might like to review it at the following link The Saucetalk Newsletter . It’s all about meat glue, an
ingredient that has been little talked about but is being used more frequently than originally thought.
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