Friday, March 4, 2011

Anfaco warns of possible invalidity for genetic test on mussels

The National Association for Producers of Canned Fish and Shellfish  (Anfaco-Cecopesca) argues that it is likely that tests conducted by the research group Xenomar, of the University of A Coruña, on mussels sold by Conservera de Rianxo S.A. will not be valid in court. During the investigation, it was discovered that 27 of the 34 items considered did "not correspond to species native to Galicia", which is almost 80 percent of the total amount.

This has arisen as the Regulatory Council of Galician Mussels believes that the company has committed fraud by selling Chilean mussels whilst marketing them as native to Galicia. But the secretary general of Anfaco, Juan Vieites, explains that the only independent test center approved in Galicia by the National Accreditation Body (ENAC) to perform such tests is the molecular biology laboratory owned by the canning organization. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers.

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