Video - Will you stop eating sushi?

A quite shocking research project regarding DNA barcoding (and sushi) was recently published at Plosone.org, and commented by Wired:

A biologist walks into a sushi bar and orders some tuna. What does he get? Escolar, a nasty fish with buttery flesh that can cause bizarre episodes of diarrhea, accompanied by a waxy intestinal discharge. [...] The team of researchers from Columbia University and the American Museum of Natural History ordered tuna from 31 sushi restaurants and then used genetic tests to determine the species of fishes in those dishes. More than half of those eateries misrepresented, or couldn’t clarify the type of fish they were mongering. Several were selling endangered southern bluefin tuna.

Will we stop eating sushi? Probably not. But maybe only in places we trust, from now on.

Author: Pesc Spad, for AZ10.com ~ 21 Nov 2009

Japan Sukiyabashi Jiro 3-Star Sushi

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