Warning: Read on an Empty Stomach

10 nasty cases of food fraud

care2.com

Thanks to the rapidly-expanding scope of the horse meat scandal in Europe, many of us have food fraud on the brain and are starting to pick suspiciously at the contents of our plates; what did you really have for dinner last night?

Read the full article here.

The Life of a Fraudulent Fish

How seafood fraud works

The Boston Globe via YouTube

Fish is often mislabeled along the supply chain from hook to fork. A Boston Globe investigation uncovered widespread seafood fraud, and this video illustrates one clear example of how seafood fraud -- in this case Vietnamese catfish mislabeled as grouper -- occurs in the United States.

Watch the video and read more about the investigation here.