date:Dec 14, 2012
A recent sampling of seafood from New York City grocery stores and restaurants found that over one-third of fish sold at these establishments were falsely labeled as different species.
The results of this study released last week by ocean advocacy group Oceana add New York to a growing list of major cities in which widespread seafood fraud has been discovered by DNA testing of samples.
A recent investigation by the Boston Globe found that 48 percent of fish from restaurants, supermarkets and