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Restaurants Plan DNA-Certified Seafood Program

Posted by samzenpus on from the getting-what-you-pay-for dept.

Restaurants across the globe will soon use DNA technology to reassure customers that they are getting what they pay for. In recent years getting "counterfeit" seafood has become a big problem. In 2007 several people became seriously ill from eating illegally imported pufferfish that had been mislabeled as monkfish. From the article: "David Schindel, a Smithsonian Institution paleontologist and executive secretary of the Washington-based Consortium for the Barcode of Life, said he has started discussions with the restaurant industry and seafood suppliers about utilizing the technology as a means of certifying the authenticity of delicacies. 'When they sell something that's really expensive, they want the consumer to believe that they're getting what they're paying for,' Schindel told The Associated Press."

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  1. FooGoo me! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hate it when I pay top dollar for blue whale and they serve me inferior dolphin.

  2. What by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    There's DNA in my fish? Disgusting! What is wrong with this country?!

  3. Re:And so comes the market... by Dogbertius · · Score: 4, Funny

    When I was visiting in Italy, we watched a parody of Fear Factor where people had to eat american fast food. A bit overdone, but still funny.

  4. Re:Its Life.Jim, but not as we know it by JustOK · · Score: 5, Funny

    I eat only free-range vegetables

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  5. Re:Its Life.Jim, but not as we know it by jensend · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've been saying the same thing for years.

    "Of course everything here is organic. Do you see me serving you a bowl of sand?"

    "Mmm, basalt. Crunchy."

  6. Re:And so comes the market... by TapeCutter · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'll have you know I was eating squid stuffed with dungfish gonads WAY before it became trendy!

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  7. welcome to red lobster by Joe_Dragon · · Score: 3, Funny

    may I take you order? do you want the DNA Certified food or the mystery food?

  8. Re:illegally imported pufferfish that had been mis by Golddess · · Score: 3, Funny

    It also happens to be green

    I don't care what Dr Seuss says, ham should not be green.

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  9. Re:hmm by formfeed · · Score: 3, Funny

    Personally I think we should encourage counterfeit seafood

    Counterfeit seafood?
    Could I interest you in delicious green patties, that are algae based, and definitely not made from anything else?

  10. Re:Its Life.Jim, but not as we know it by ChromeAeonium · · Score: 3, Funny

    I present to you 'organic' salt.. Good for seasoning french fires, and making chemists' heads explode.