Food Advertised as ‘Scallops’ in Some Instances Are Totally Different Fish, Inside Edition Investigation Finds
an Inside Edition investigative report, with the help of UF startup and UF Innovate | Accelerate graduate Applied Food Technologies, found samples of seafood advertised to be “scallops” at restaurants across the United States to be anything but.
Can Handheld DNA Testing Technology Stand Up to Seafood Fraud?
When LeeAnn Applewhite started running DNA analysis on commercial seafood samples in 2015, 75 percent of them – species ranging from grouper and snapper to catfish and shrimp – were mislabeled. “We were testing thousands of samples, and some of it was unintentional mislabeling; it was a bycatch species with [species like] grouper or snapper but the whole load was not erroneously labeled,” said Applewhite, co-founder and president of UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech graduate Applied Food Technologies.
UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech Announces New Board of Advisors
UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech is pleased to announce a new board of advisors to provide mentorship for client companies at the business incubator, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2020. The Advisory Board will further Sid Martin Biotech’s mission to facilitate the growth of its biotech companies. “In our continuing efforts to […]
Crab Fraud Concerning Local Fishermen, Researchers Turn to DNA Testing to Protect Crabbing Industry
Last fall, a Hampton Roads seafood processor pleaded guilty to mislabeling millions of dollars of foreign crab meat as Chesapeake Blue Crab. The federal investigation found James Casey falsely labeled and sold almost 400,000 pounds of crab meat after mixing local crab with crab from Asia, Central America, and South America. Researchers said this case […]