The attorney General of the state of new York Barbara underwood announced the results of the inspection of fish sold in stores. And these results are not encouraging. Almost half of the fish on sale Promarmatura not right, and frankly, fraudulently issued for more expensive varieties.
Prosecutors checked with 155 stores, including representing 29 retailers. 87.5% of steaks of red fish with lemon was a fake. Two-thirds of the red perch was perch lane, 28% wild salmon — salmon, grown on the farm. According to representatives of justice all the errors were in favor of the seller, and this is more fraud than ignorance.
Representatives of justice said that among the offenders showed up and trade networks, naming five companies in which the markings were more than 50% mistakes: Food Bazaar Foodtown, Uncle Giuseppe’s, Western Beef and Stew Leonard’s. These companies will have to provide prosecutors information about how they have organized quality control and accounting of goods. Perhaps they are now waiting for and financial costs.
Seteviki responded to the Prosecutor’s RAID in different ways. Some have already promised to improve, and perhaps new Yorkers will carry on the festive table to get the real fish. Others claim that their marking is correct.
«To this day my family and I had no idea that the imported bass can not be called «red bass», as only our perch can be called «red bass» — said in the NY Post Stew Leonard, Jr. (Stew Leonard’s). «We immediately changed our notation. and our labels, once was warned about this problem by the General Prosecutor’s office in new York.»
According to a representative of Uncle Giuseppe’s, who is quoted by Newsday, this company is convinced of his rightness: «We rely on our reputable suppliers to obtain product information and conduct a full investigation on our part, to ensure that the information we reported is accurate.»
