Oldun

I love fish more than meat, I can't say that this news wasn't expected...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21993684

Wild Thing

Been going on a long time even at a national level. I think you just need to be aware of processed food and what it may or maynot contain.

dpb

Only eat a fishy with a head and a tail on

dpb

No need for Hugh after all !

Graz

I thought they'd been substituting "white fish" in products labelled as cod for some time due to the fact that cod is now quite scarce and expensive.

I now wonder what I do get when I buy a cod and chips from the chippy? Tastes good anyhow

CharlySkunkWeed

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^^^^^^^ more than likely Pollock.

yabbadoo4

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or if the fish is coming from a really dodgy source, b*llock!

ditchmyster

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Farmed pollock usually.

Nothing wrong with pollock but it really wants to be line caught.

I'd worry about the stuff coming from China as they don't seem to worry about pollution levels and pour some pretty nasty stuff into the rivers, we'll all be glowing in the dark before too long.

Tidgy

the afact that no one noticed (other than the whole should get what your buying) means it doesnt relay matter

David Lock

Seahorses

dl

scunnered

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That BBC article had a rather ambiguous statement.
"If you are going to pay for a wild seafood product, and you want to choose that seafood carefully for your health or for conservation concerns".

How can you conserve a fish by eating it!!!

Anyway, its been going on for years. For example if you by cheap "Scampi" its more likely to be Monkfish tail.

RA Dunk

We live on an island surrounded by water and fish (there is no shortage of Cod or any other type of fish in the North Sea trust me) why the **** are we even importing fish when we have our own locally caught stuff on our door step, Last week in Morrisons I had a quick look at some of the places we were importing from and was shocked to see prawns imported from Thailand? Seriously WTF?

Henrik

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Thailand produces a lot of the worlds farmed prawns. They gotta sell it somewhere, eh?

RobsyUK

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Hmm Birdseye products only say white fish. Not cod etc....

Matteeboy

That's why we only buy whole (or prepared in front of us) fresh fish.

Salmon tonight.

Leslie

You just can't trust those traders can you!

Down here we get our fish still identifiable by the skin and the heads etc. and our traders here are also completely honest.

We eat fish in preference to meat every time too.

Les

RA Dunk

We also have some of the best Prawns available so WTF's the point in flying more halfway across the Earth to get here?

RA Dunk

Smoked?

sssssteeeee

It's a shame , I paid 6 pounds at chip shop other night and now I'm thinking was it genuine cod ??? How would u know ?? Again I think it comes down to mark up up profits . All about that dam stuff called money.scam scam scam. Very fishy to me !

ReallyReallyGoodMeat

I noticed this the other day, but looking closer at the small print on the packaging it says it's Alaskan Pollock.

riiidaa

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Pollocks?

RA Dunk

Cheap **** TBH. We used to dump them years ago as they weren't worth taking back home with us..

CharlySkunkWeed

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Perfect for Birdseye then

ReallyReallyGoodMeat

Wait, you're saying Birdseye frozen meals AREN'T of high quality?

Matteeboy

Nope, f**k off great side of one!

stilover

c_maguire

If it says Pollock on the packet or the guy at the chippy says 'no cod, we're serving pollock instead' and you pay your money, then nothing wrong.

However, when you eat inferior tasting fish (which pollock is compared to a decent cod) because the packet says cod or the guy at the chippy says it's cod then it certainly isn't 'nothing wrong'. It's fraud, plain and simple, more often than not lining the pockets of the wholesaler or chippy owner.

Big fine and /or prison sentence please.
I hate being cheated.

mart360

Cant see what the fuss is about really,

For all the people who have eaten a shergar steak or pie, there still here,

There lives havnt ended on the spot, and they probably thougt it was quite tasty.


I'm surprised, no one has started pressing the gov to get horse on the menu, given were now quite fond.

Mart

RA Dunk

If you pay for Silk you expect to get silk, and not fobbed off with some synthetic sh1te.

Oldun

Exactly, a lot of people are missing the point, putting it in car terms, you buy a Ferrari on the internet, go to collect it and it turns out to be a lookalike kit car with Ferrari badges on, you would be a bit upset wouldn't you?

I order cod, I expect cod.