Hake hoax in Spanish markets

By Mar Cabra, Marcos Garcia Rey and Kate Willson

The fish we buy is not always what the label says. Consumers are cheated in Spain and around the world.

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Excerpts from this story referencing "Ricardo Pérez":

"… ate labeling.“The majority [of mislabeling] is commercial fraud,” said Ricardo Pérez, DNA expert and investigator of the Spanish National Research Council. “ …"

"… conducted about 500 tests for freshness and contaminants in 2010.Scientist Ricardo Pérez has been conducting DNA analysis of fish for more than two decades. He sai …"