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Europe investigates fraud in fish labeling
Canned goods have more labeling problem because the whole piece is not seen. LALO R. VILLAR Cheap fish labeled as if it were a more expensive species. It is the fraud that attempts to tackle the EU-financed Labelfish program, in which Spain participates through the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC). After analyzing the DNA of 300 products made with tuna, anchovy or cod marketed in Madrid, Bilbao, Vigo and Santiago de Compostela, the Spanish team has reached a first conclusion: fraud occurs in all species, although in different percentages: 25% in the case of processed frozen or fresh tuna fish (including all those offered in fishmongers without the complete fish being seen); 11.3% in canned tuna; 12.2% in semi-preserved anchovies, and 6.5% in dry salted cod. "That a product is not of the species that marks the label does not mean that it is of lower quality or bad for health. But it is a deception to the consumer, sometimes involun...