An “alarming” rate of seafood in Canadian restaurants and stores is mislabelled, according to a new report by an ocean advocacy group.
Oceana Canada, a Toronto-based conservation organization, said it found there was mislabelling with 44 per cent of the seafood samples it tested this year and last in five Canadian cities — and in 75 per cent of cases, cheaper fish were mislabelled as something more expensive.
“You’re getting ripped off,” said Julia Levin, seafood fraud campaigner for Oceana Canada.
In its most comprehensive investigation so far, the group collected 382 seafood samples from 177 retailers and restaurants in Vancouver, Victoria, Toronto, Ottawa and Halifax for a report released Tuesday.
Of those samples, DNA testing showed 168 samples did not meet the labelling requirements set out by the Canadian
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