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Investigation Finds Chip Shops Using Catfish

BBC World Service London 12d12d Impact 3
A BBC investigation found that some chip shops are using tropical freshwater catfish, specifically the Pangasius or river catfish, instead of cod or haddock. This practice is being used to reduce costs without customers being aware of the substitution.

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food fraud consumer protection

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Sources · 7 independent

BBC World Service

“a BBC investigation has found that rogue chip shops have been using catfish instead to cut down on costs without customers being fully aware of what they're getting.”

BBC World Service

“a BBC investigation has found that rogue chip shops have been using catfish instead to cut down on costs without customers being fully aware”

BBC WS backup

“In the cases that we found catfish, we, we did ask and prompt and we were just told it was traditional fish or normal fish or white fish.”

BBC World Service

“And we were just told it was traditional fish or normal fish or white fish. So, you know, they may run into slight difficulty there if kind of trading standards went out and did an investigation.”

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