59% of "Tuna" Eaten by Americans is Not Tuna

[celtic_crippler]

There’s a reason I don’t do sushi… this is just nasty.

Article: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/02/59-of-the-tuna-americans-eat-is-not-tuna/273410/

84% of fish samples labeled "white tuna" were actually escolar, a fish that can cause prolonged, uncontrollable, oily anal leakage.

In Chicago, Austin, New York, and Washington DC, every single sushi restaurant sampled sold mislabeled tuna.

 

[K-man]

My wife loves Sushi. I wonder what she is eating? :idunno:

 

[celtic_crippler]

My wife loves Sushi. I wonder what she is eating? :idunno:

Exactly... ain't no telling!

 

[granfire]

oily anal leakage?

compared to what other leakage? :lol:
You gotta love US usage...anal makes it like 10x worse!

so you get the oily runs...it's not like the users of a certain fat blocking weightloss drug did not experience that before....


But yea, the mislabeling sucks.
It's like the 'beef lasagna' that is 60-100% horse.
Although, horse does not cause gastric upsets....

Keel holen, the only answer to fraud like that!

 

[Carol]

Tastes like tuna...

 

[crushing]

I couldn't find the list of restaurants, grocery stores, and sushi venues that sold the mislabeled product(s), even when I followed the links back to oceana.org. Are they not releasing this very important part of the story?

 

[Blindside]

http://www.thekitchn.com/use-caution-when-eating-escola-66602

Tough to get more than 6 ounces of pseudo-maguro when eating sushi, I am sure I have eaten it and enjoyed it. But nice to know....

 

[Big Don]

My wife loves Sushi. I wonder what she is eating? :idunno:

Fish

 

[Big Don]

oily anal leakage? compared to what other leakage?

Remember a few years ago when the "FAT FREE" chips came out with Olestra, it caused anal leakage also...

 

[jezr74]

There’s a reason I don’t do sushi… this is just nasty.

Article: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/02/59-of-the-tuna-americans-eat-is-not-tuna/273410/

[/B]

That's the same reason why I don't eat Phall.

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[Big Don]

That's the same reason why I don't eat Phall.

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Oh holy crap, I had to google phall, but, oh God NO

 

[Tez3]

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/105/chicken-phall.aspx

 

[SahBumNimRush]

Eh, I don't eat "white tuna" at Sushi establishments anyway.. . I'll continue to take my risks. Pretty crappy business practices though. If I'm paying for something, I'd at least like to know I'm getting what I actually paid for.

 

[Big Don]

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/105/chicken-phall.aspx

I rarely get the chance to quote Beavis... "Are you threatening me?"

 

[Tez3]

I rarely get the chance to quote Beavis... "Are you threatening me?"

LOL, if I were I'd threaten to send Gurkhas with one of their curries :lol:

I've never understood this macho thing to need to prove yourself by eating hot curries, beer and annoying the Indian waiters.

 

[Carol]

I am not sure I have had escolar. It does sound delicious and I don't think I would wolf down enough to result in the given...um...gastric upset.

I might not eat it on the day before a hike, tho

 

[Big Don]

LOL, if I were I'd threaten to send Gurkhas with one of their curries :lol:

I've never understood this macho thing to need to prove yourself by eating hot curries, beer and annoying the Indian waiters.

God knows I have nothing against drinking beer and annoying people, but, I draw the line at spicy food.

 

[oftheherd1]

I like spicy food and I like sushi. I don't intend to stop eating sushi, but I will be paying more attention. Thanks for the links.

 

[David43515]

I've eaten alot of sushi, but I've never even heard of "white tuna". Tuna is red dear, red.

 

[celtic_crippler]

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