Fresh crap, revisited
Monday, 24 October 2011
According to a Boston Globe investigation, restaurants and markets in eastern Massachusetts mislabel their fish nearly 50% of the time (suggested by DNA analysis of 183 fish samples). In other words, if you order some fancy and/or expensive fish, there’s a good chance it’s a cheap, inferior, or even unhealthful substitute.
At least the beloved C-Mart in Chinatown is honest when the fish is of poor quality:
(Spotted several years ago; as of this writing, C-Mart no longer sells fresh crap in the seafood section)
No. 1 — October 24th, 2011 at 11:14 am
Good point from @pablo_escolar: It’s a widespread industry practice to sell escolar (the “pant-crapping” fish) as “white tuna” despite FDA restrictions:
http://blog.medellitin.com/2011/10/more-fish-confusion-great-globe-article.html
So the old bait-and-switch isn’t exactly confined to eastern Massachusetts…