July 2, 2015

Ms. Shanelle Rein-Olowokere

Senior Web Editor

Good Housekeeping Online

VIA EMAIL

Dear Ms. Rein-Olowokere,

I am writing to insist you remove an erroneous story that is currently featured on your website. The story Those Cans of Tuna May Not Actually Contain Any Tuna is clearly based on an erroneous Daily Mail report from 6/30/15 that has since been exposed and corrected.

The original article, parroted by Good Housekeeping, begins by reporting on a study that is from February 2013 – over two years old – using a narrative that misleads readers into thinking it’s a brand new study.

What’s worse, the article completely misreports on the findings from that old study. Your report and headline claim cans of tuna may not actually contain tuna. Here’s the problem; the investigation did not test canned tuna. In fact, the source of the testing, Oceana, says in its own report, “Oceana did not test any canned tuna samples and all samples labeled as ‘white tuna’ were purchased at restaurants or sushi venues.”

So, while canned tuna is never mentioned in the findings of Oceana’s 2013 study, it is the marquee finding in your report.

Please let us know how and when you intend to addresses this clear misreporting by Good Housekeeping.

Thank you.

Gavin Gibbons

Vice President, Communications

National Fisheries Institute

cc: Ms. Erin Phraner

Associate Food Editor

Good Housekeeping Online