I found this article about the U.S. fraud of shrimp mislabeling to be very compelling, being a frequent seafood eater. In a report released last week, Oceana conducted a survey of 111 restaurants and grocery stores across the U.S., and found that over 1/3 of the shrimp was mislabeled entirely, whether stating “farm raised’, or “gulf”. New York, where I am from, had one of the highest rates of shrimp-fraud, with 43 percent of samples misrepresented, which is so frightening! What I have been eating this whole time?…
Read more: http://grist.org/news/sorry-but-your-shrimp-platter-didnt-come-from-the-gulf/
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Is the food industry that corrupt that they cannot even provide us with basic information about the products we are putting into our bodies
Isn’t the whole purpose of labeling to inform the customer? If we can’t trust the labels, how are we ever supposed to make conscientious decisions in our diets? Is the food industry that corrupt that they cannot even provide us with basic information about the products we are putting into our bodies?