On Mar 24, 11:51*am, "boulanger" > wrote:
> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
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> On Mar 24, 9:31 am, "Janet" > wrote:
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> > James Silverton wrote:
> > > Hello All!
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> > > It happens in Ireland too, it seems.
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> > > Irish Independent, Tuesday March 24 2009
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> > >http://tinyurl.com/cb7wh7
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> > > "A BATCH of seafood from an exclusive fishmongers which was labelled
> > > as 'wild salmon' was found to be farmed under DNA tests, a court heard
> > > yesterday."
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> > The so-called "wild" Atlantic salmon that spawns in some Maine rivers was
> > restocked with farmed fish many decades ago. (Possibly from Canadian
> > stock....I no longer recall the details.) While it is now "wild" --in
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> > of lifestyle, anyway--I'd venture to guess that it would fail a DNA test
> > that attempted to distinguish it from some farmed stock.
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> I always buy wild Alaskan or Pacific salmon. *I don't think I've ever
> had Atlantic salmon.
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> If you buy it frozen, be careful and look at the label. *A lot of frozen,
> wild Pacific salmon is "Product of China"!!!!!!!!!!- Hide quoted text -
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I buy it out of the seafood/fish case - probably frozen at one time,
but the little tag signs say exactly where it came from, and I believe
them....so far.

N.