DNA Test Finds Plenty of Sushi Misidentified and Endangered

(via Gothamist)

Nineteen of 31 restaurants erroneously described or failed to identify the sushi they sold. Twenty-two of 68 samples were sold as species that were contradicted by molecular identification. …Two out of the four restaurants were found to be serving cheap tilapia passed off as expensive white tuna, and six out of ten grocery stores had fake fish.

And I eat so much sushi. Well, this just deepens my resolve to give it up, come New Year’s. (Ack, 31 days…. someone get me a rainbow roll, stat!)