Seafood eaters often get cheap substitutes, but DNA tests may help
(NEWSER) - The fish that shows up on American plates is often a different fish than advertised, and US seafood lovers are getting routinely ripped off as a result, the nonprofit Oceana group says in a new report. Yellowtail commonly subs for mahi-mahi, for instance, and tilapia for red snapper, notes Consumer Affairs . The New York Times goes further, calling tilapia the "Meryl Streep of seafood" because it so often plays the role of more expensive fish. More»
