date:Mar 29, 2013
Earlier this month, after the fall out taking place after conservation group Oceanas latest seafood mislabeling report, Representative Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) and five other Representatives introduced a bill in Congress to protect consumers, fishermen, and the publics right to know (what theyre eating).
According to the Oceana report, one third of all seafood samples from across the nation were mislabeled. A government report from 2009 estimates that only 2% of seafood imported into the U.S