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Sotelo, Carmen G.; Velasco, Amaya; Perez-martin, Ricardo, I; Kappel, Kristina; Schroeder, Ute; Verrez-bagnis, Veronique; Jerome, Marc; Mendes, Rogerio; Silva, Helena; Mariani, Stefano; Griffiths, Andrew. |
Tuna fisheries and processing represent economic activities of paramount importance around the world. Most of these products are traded for human consumption and in general are highly demanded commodities. However, not all tuna products achieve the same market price, some consumers are willing to pay a huge amount of money for certain species (i.e. Japanese market for Bluefin tuna) while other species are rather affordable (i.e. Skipjack tuna), therefore mislabelling has been observed frequently. We collected and analysed 545 tuna samples in six European countries, including fresh, frozen and canned products, and we have investigated whether or not these products were correctly labelled under European and national legislations. We found an overall... |
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Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00440/55137/56604.pdf |
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