This is the lead paragraph from an article in the New York Times published recentlly - coinciding with moves in Brussels to use genetic or DNA testing to prove the provenance of fish in your local supermarket, restaurant or shop!
"Scientists aiming their gene sequencers at commercial seafood are discovering rampant labeling fraud in supermarket coolers and restaurant tables: cheap fish is often substituted for expensive fillets, and overfished species are passed off as fish whose numbers are plentiful."
Read the full article here.
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