Globe investigation finds widespread seafood mislabeling
Accountability lost in murky supply chain
The Union Oyster House is among several restaurants that blame North Coast, one of the region’s biggest seafood suppliers, for promising one kind of fish but delivering another.
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DNA testing found that these restaurants mislabeled fish in 2011 and 2012.
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Scrutiny vowed on fish labeling
State officials say they will improve oversight of seafood sales in Massachusetts after the results of a Globe investigation published this week.
From sea to sushi bar, a system open to abuse
The rampant mislabeling of fish that consumers buy can be largely traced to this: the lack of anything like the regulations imposed on meat suppliers.
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On the menu, but not on your plate
A Globe investigation found fish bought at restaurants across the region was mislabeled about half the time. Sometimes it was innocent error, but often the switch was deliberate, driven by profits.
Bertucci’s tries to right a wrong
The story of how hake ended up as cod on the menu at 94 Bertucci’s restaurants is not unusual.
- PHOTO GALLERY Bertucci's searches for a replacement fish
DNA results find fish mislabeling continues at Mass. restaurants
A year after a Globe investigation revealed that merchants routinely sold customers cheaper, lower quality fish than promised, a new round of DNA testing shows that many of these establishments are continuing to serve mislabeled seafood.
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Pacific cod vs.
Atlantic cod
A much higher price tag is not the only thing that sets the Atlantic cod apart from the Pacific variety.
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The Boston Globe hired the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario at the University of Guelph to test the DNA of fish to determine their species.
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