Seafood mislabeling to be a crime

[Dick Durand]

Not so much a matter of mislabeling, but earlier this week I came upon a fish called "swai" in a buffet at a Todd English reataurant. Not knowing what it was, I refrained from eating it. Upon returning home, I googled "swai" and learned that it was a Southeast Asian type of catfish. While some may be farm raised in the western hemisphere, I suspect most is imported from the East. Frankly, I have no qualms about passing up the swai, as it was probably harvested from somewhere in the Mekong Delta, where water quality is suspect, to say the least.

[Typhoon]

Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^& Durand

Not so much a matter of mislabeling, but earlier this week I came upon a fish called "swai" in a buffet at a Todd English reataurant. Not knowing what it was, I refrained from eating it. Upon returning home, I googled "swai" and learned that it was a Southeast Asian type of catfish. While some may be farm raised in the western hemisphere, I suspect most is imported from the East. Frankly, I have no qualms about passing up the swai, as it was probably harvested from somewhere in the Mekong Delta, where water quality is suspect, to say the least.

As many of you know I'm in the seafood business. Swai is one of those fish I would stay FAR away from.