Exotic tropical species being mis-sold to British customers who can’t tell their mackerel from their herring, research shows
Sushi bars and shops are regularly mis-selling exotic species of fish to unwitting British customers, according to new research.
In cases cited in the report, customers thought they were buying a fish from the Atlantic when it was really a tropical variety, while many fish were sold under a generic name that revealed little about where they came from. Some of the species were endangered, while others were so rare that little was known about their population size. The findings suggest that an increasingly complex and globalised food supply chain is open to abuse, putting exotic species at risk.
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