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Press Release
Justice Department Cracks Down On Fish Fraud
August 21, 2015 (WASHINGTON) – A North Carolina seafood processor and wholesale distributor faces a felony conviction, a $100,000 fine, forfeiture of more than 20,000 pounds of shrimp and three year...
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Consumer Protection Blog
Consumer Reports’ Contradications
If you’re a Consumer Reports reader, you’re hearing this week that shrimp is a superfood – high in protein, low in fat and calories, and a great source of vitamins and valuable minerals. Ahh, ...
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Consumer Protection Blog
The Rest of The Story: What The New York Times Doesn’t Want You To Read
When it was time to talk about commercial seafood The New York Times didn’t call the seafood community, it called Greenpeace. Then it gave Greenpeace a 586 word column to spout their misinformed fun...
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Consumer Protection Blog
Greenpeace Pushes Annual Fundraising Tool
Greenpeace is touting the latest in its long line of opaque, subjective, and hopelessly flawed “reports” on retail seafood. This year’s model may have lost the juvenile aesthetic and top hat don...
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Consumer Protection Blog
More of the Same from Safe Catch
You may have recently seen reporting about something called Safe Catch, it’s promoting a seafood product that is actually a solution… in search of a problem. News about “a new tuna manufacturer ...
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Consumer Protection Blog
Dear Greenpeace USA, We are in receipt of your petition, and are responding on behalf of member companies Bumble Bee, Chicken of the Sea, and StarKist. We’ve reviewed your petition and attached l...
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Consumer Protection Blog
A Stern Look At Seafood Scare Stories
In 2012, well known radio and TV host Howard Stern announced he had become a pescetarian. Fish became the outspoken personality’s primary source of protein as he embarked on a new and healthier life...
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Consumer Protection Blog
Good Housekeeping… but bad reporting
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 cu...
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Consumer Protection Blog
A Case-Study In Lazy Journalism
An erroneous article about tuna in this week’s Daily Mail is an embarrassing illustration of lazy journalism that goes beyond factual errors and enters the realm of unethical. Author Tom Wyke demons...
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Press Release
FDA Program Recognized for Fighting Fish Fraud
June 25, 2015 (WASHINGTON) – The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ongoing integration of forensic science as a way of combating seafood fraud and mislabeling is paying off. The proj...
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Consumer Protection Blog
EWG; Peddling Fundamental Inaccuracies with the Best Of ‘em
This week the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and its puppet the Mercury Policy Project (MPP) are out with a misguided release that, not surprisingly, flies in the face of the latest science on seaf...
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Consumer Protection Blog
On Oversimplification and Failure To Communicate
Paul Geenberg tells his readers he’s been trying to come up with a “seafood three-liner that would be as concise, elegant and free from exceptions” as the one writer Michael Pollan came up with ...