Artificially dyed salmon in Albertsons to be labeled

[pdxkevin]

Is it just me or is coloring the salmon just wrong?

Just read this:


Boise-based Albertsons, Kroger agree to salmon dye labeling
05/01/2003

Associated Press


CINCINNATI - Two of the nation’s largest grocery chains have agreed to note on labels that their farm-raised salmon was artificially colored by fish food additives, a lawyer suing the companies said.

Kroger Co. and Albertsons Inc. still face lawsuits accusing them of deceiving the public. But their decision to note the added color is a “wonderful victory for consumers,” said Paul Kampmeier, an attorney with Smith & Lowney, the firm that filed suit last week in Seattle against the supermarket giants.
...the rest of the story.

[ 05-01-2003, 08:43 AM: Message edited by: pdxkevin ]

Don't buy farmed fish

[fish assassin]

I agree with Keta ... used to have a bumper sticker on my truck that
read "Real Men don't eat Farm Raised Fish!"

-assAssin-

[Corkie Monster]

I just saw a sign the other day at Eastport Albertsons. Steelhead $3.99 per lb. Thought this was weird, cuase I've never seen Steelhead sold at stores.

CM

[Fishplay]

The Indians provide commercialy caught steelhead to the markets all the time. It's not uncommon at all to see it advertised in WA State store ads.

[Smj]

Just pick up any box or bag or can of processed prepared food and look at the ingrediants label and you're going to see artificial coloring of some kind. I don't see what the big deal is. With all the prepared foods on the shelves now days at stores ya'll must be buying it or it wouldn't be there.

Smj

[The Fishing Geek]

I'm confused. Doesn't discouraging the purchase of farm-raised fish increase the demand for gill-netted fish?

[Mr. Carp]

Farm raised fish never seem to taste the same. Maybe it is the catching that makes them taste better???