Mislabeled Fish in US Sushi Restaurants: That’s Not Tuna!

Hey there, health fans.

Today we’re discussing something disturbing that was recently discovered by the environmental group Oceana. DNA samples were tested from 700 restaurants in 21 states, and 33% of fish restaurants were shown to be offering mislabeled dishes. Out of those restaurants, 74% of the fish tested from sushi bars was fraudulent. Like tuna rolls? Are you sure? 94% of fish labeled as white tuna was actually escolar, which is a cheaper fish… a fish which unfortunately sometimes contains dangerous toxins. And red snapper is very tasty, but only 7 out of 120 red snapper samples were authentic. Around 90% of fish in the US comes from foreign sources and it would take some serious superpowers to correctly identify the many varieties of white fish without testing, so the problem is deep-rooted and insidious.

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