Oceana Study Reveals Seafood Fraud Nationwide
▻http://oceana.org/en/news-media/publications/reports/oceana-study-reveals-seafood-fraud-nationwide
Étiquetage incorrect des poissons aux États-Unis
Oceana publie les résultats d’une vaste enquête. Le communiqué de presse. 1215 échantillons de poisson étudié par analyse de l’ADN.
From 2010 to 2012, Oceana conducted one of the largest seafood fraud investigations in the world to date, collecting more than 1,200 seafood samples from 674 retail outlets in 21 states to determine if they were honestly labeled.
DNA testing found that one-third (33 percent) of the 1,215 samples analyzed nationwide were mislabeled, according to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines.
Of the most commonly collected fish types, samples sold as snapper and tuna had the highest mislabeling rates (87 and 59 percent, respectively), with the majority of the samples identified by DNA analysis as something other than what was found on the label. In fact, only seven of the 120 samples of red snapper purchased nationwide were actually red snapper. The other 113 samples were another fish.
Our findings demonstrate that a comprehensive and transparent traceability system – one that tracks fish from boat to plate – must be established at the national level. At the same time, increased inspection and testing of our seafood, specifically for mislabeling, and stronger federal and state enforcement of existing laws combatting fraud are needed to reverse these disturbing trends.
Le résumé du rapport (6 pages) : ▻http://oceana.org/sites/default/files/National_Seafood_Fraud_Testing_Results_Highlights_FINAL.pdf
Le rapport détaillé (69 pages) : ▻http://oceana.org/sites/default/files/reports/National_Seafood_Fraud_Testing_Results_FINAL.pdf
Une petite sélection.
Analyse par type de points de vente (magasins d’alimentation y compris quelques marchés, restaurants, vendeurs de sushi)
Analyse par poisson
pb : snapper est un nom très générique, je ne suis pas ichtyologue et la traduction est d’autant plus problématique que les dénominations françaises sont parfois très floue (cf. WP, l’article Rouget… ▻http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouget )
Parmi les traductions de Lutjanidae sur ITIS ▻http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=168845
Perche de mer, vivaneau
mais aussi
red snapper : rouget (?)
grey snapper : dorade grise
Les substituts du snapper par PV
Les substituts du thon
L’escolar, escolier en français poisson des abysses de la famille des Gempylidae, massivement substitué au thon contient une forte proportion d’esters cireux, non digestibles. Il n’est pas toxique mais son ingestion peut provoquer des réactions indésirables chez certains consommateurs (forte diarrhée, nausées,…) cf. sur le site de Santé Canada ▻http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/securit/facts-faits/escolar-escolier-fra.php