February 8, 2019 CFSI Staff

Seafood mislabeling common across North American supply chains, study finds

New research completed at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, has found mislabeing is prevalent throughout the supply chain.

Researchers found that 32 percent of fish overall were mislabeled. The highest rate of mislabeling was at retailers (38.1 percent), followed by processing plants (27.3 percent) and importers (17.6 percent). 

Conducted in collaboration with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), the study was published in the journal Food Research International

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