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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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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 ...
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Consumer Protection Blog
Actor Adrian Grenier is under the impression that he shouldn’t eat shrimp based on something someone once told him about bycatch. Quick update for Adrian and other Entourage fans. The vast majori...
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Consumer Protection Blog
Does the “M” in MSN stand for Misinformation?
June 3, 2015 Sue Lohman Managing Editor MSN Health & Fitness VIA Email Dear Ms. Lohman, As part of MSN.com’s current front page news feed you feature an article titled 10 Fish ...
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Consumer Protection Blog
Greenpeace-friendly Boston Globe Botches Tuna Report
Dear Mr. McGrory: I write to take issue with a piece by Lisa Zwirn on seafood sustainability [How ocean-friendly is your canned tuna?; 5/26] which contains a number of serious journalism flaws and ...