Are you really eating the seafood you think you are?

Are you really eating the seafood you think you are?

Subway does not use tuna in its tuna fish sandwiches, alleges a recent lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Based on multiple samples taken from Subway locations in California, lab tests showed that the ingredient billed as “tuna” is “made from anything but tuna.” The complaint alleges that false advertising led to consumers paying more for a premium product with commonly known health benefits. Subway has denied any wrongdoing.

www.washingtonpost.com/food/2021/01/27/subway-tuna-lawsuit

Swai was the most commonly mislabeled fish in a recent novel University of Hawai‘i study done in the greater Honolulu area.

Photo: University of Hawai‘i.

A recent study by scientists at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa found that more than 21% of seafood sold in the greater Honolulu area is mislabeled. Researchers used DNA sequencing from 75 fish samples to reveal mislabeling rates at sushi bars (27%), restaurants (23%) and grocery stores (17%). Swai, an inexpensive fish also known as Asian catfish, was the most commonly mislabeled fish sold as more expensive species, such as red snapper, seabass and mahimahi. The study also found that fish sold under generic market names can hide true species identities and led to the sale of two endangered species, European eel and Southern bluefin tuna.

www.uhm.hawaii.edu/news/article.php?aId=11042

www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/ S2665910720301043?via%3Dihub