Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Scientist issued new warning over Scottish farmed salmon

Published in the Daily Mail online today (August 17, 2011) was the news item about Scottish farmed salmon, it echo the story of 2004 saying that the salmon are heavily contaminated and should not be eaten more than three times a year. This new warning comes from scientist Dr Jeffery Foran a toxicologist who was involved in the research looking at the chemicals that are used in fish feeds on fish farms.

The levels of the pollutants found are within the standards required by the European Union and Britain. Scottish salmon farmers have branded the study as misleading. Sir John Krebs from the Food Standard Agency said that the benefits of eating oily fish outweighed any risk. 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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