date:Apr 02, 2014
rating restaurants, that is, bad ratings or attack pieces against non-members. This is the threat that caused the organization to be viewed as coercive and labeled in the media as the sushi police.
In response, the organization is not focusing on pointing fingers at non-members, but is instead promoting health guidelines and chef certification programs, with the implication that certified shops will be safer, as special education is needed for safe handling of raw fish. Some of these cautions a