Mislabelling scandal - Now it's the fish.

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Mislabelling scandal - Now it's the fish.

Post by Horwood Beer-Master » Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:10 am

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21993684
Official figures show that global consumption of fish and seafood per person is rising steeply - but research also reveals that much of what gets sold turns out to be not as described on the packet...
I bet it's seahorsemeat...
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:17 am

Exactly what are the fish mislabeling?
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Post by JimC » Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:50 am

It's an important issue if you want to try and do the right thing, by choosing fish that can be sustainably harvested.
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Post by Svartalf » Thu Apr 04, 2013 1:17 am

I propose a complete boycott of all fish until this is corrected and the guilty parties suitably punished
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Apr 04, 2013 1:19 am

It's a scam, they're just phishing.
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Post by Tero » Thu Apr 04, 2013 1:33 am

If you feed pigs fish, they taste like fish. Could be pork.

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Post by Audley Strange » Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:17 am

Still probably Romanian Orphans, they have a glut.
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Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:35 am

Mislabelled fish? Load of pollacks! :tea:
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Post by klr » Thu Apr 04, 2013 11:08 am

Svartalf wrote:I propose a complete boycott of all fish until this is corrected and the guilty parties suitably punished
... by being sent to sleep with the you-know-what.
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Post by Tyrannical » Thu Apr 04, 2013 11:55 am

I think this thread has lost it's porpoise.
A rational skeptic should be able to discuss and debate anything, no matter how much they may personally disagree with that point of view. Discussing a subject is not agreeing with it, but understanding it.

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Post by rainbow » Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:39 pm

That's a red herring.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:43 pm

No, it's floundering.
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Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:59 pm

I hake this kind of thing. :nono:
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Apr 04, 2013 1:00 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:I hake this kind of thing. :nono:
Just skate on past it. It will only give you reef if you don't.
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Post by Tyrannical » Thu Apr 04, 2013 1:11 pm

I guess it's time for this song........

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