Sushi mislabeling is pervasive but intentional fraud is much less common. This is the conclusion of a team of researcers studying the fraud in Los Angeles sushi restaurants.
The Los Angeles Seafood Monitoring Project team, which includes researchers, students, sushi restaurants and government regulators, is working to reduce sushi fraud and the mislabeling of fish.
Since April, scientists along with 80 UCLA students and several others at Loyola Marymount University and Cal State University, Los Angeles, have been purchasing small pieces of sushi monthly from 10 restaurants.
