News Nutrition Consumer Reports ‘mystery fish’ story finds similar results to Globe’s investigation into seafood mislabeling |
Consumer Reports ‘mystery fish’ story finds similar results to Globe’s investigation into seafood mislabeling |
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A new Consumer Reports story on “mystery fish” reaches similar conclusions to a five-month long investigation by The Boston Globe that found that Massachusetts consumers regularly and unwittingly overpay for less valued fish or buy seafood that is not what it is advertised to be.
For a series published earlier this week, The Globe hired a lab in Canada to conduct DNA tests on fish that reporters purchased across the region. The results showed that 48 percent, or 87 of the 183 seafood samples, were sold with the wrong species name. Read the complete story from The Boston Globe.
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HASTINGS: Time to improve the Endangered Species Act
May 18, 2012 - When the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was signed into law in 1973 by President Nixon, he spoke about the importance of preserving “the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed.” I believe that goal is as important today as it was back then. However, after nearly 40 years, it’s time to take a fresh, honest look at the law and consider whether there are ways it could be improved to do a better job of protecting and recovering species.
