Something fishy about smoked cod
Shoppers are being overcharged for cheaper fish being passed off as cod, according to new research.
Some 7 per cent of cod, the most popular whitefish consumed in the UK and Ireland, was mislabelled in the UK and 28 per cent in Ireland. Less expensive species, including pollack and whiting, are labelled and sold as cod and threatened species of cod were also being sold as "sustainably sourced" in one supermarket, the study published in the scientific journal Fish and Fisheries found. And 88.6 per cent of all mislabelled cod products identified from both Ireland and the UK were smoked, breaded or battered, because this can conceal the appearance, smell and the taste of a fish fillet, researchers said.
Scientists at University College Dublin used DNA barcoding techniques to genetically identify 226 cod products.
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