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its a joke steve e at prawns fit was lyin ere wed get £55 for a box aye 20 kilo!!!,,there was haddocks ere tee they was £25 a kilo,,so ats the lads been told no more frys,lol,,hows things any way???
Fisherman thats gettin ripped off Steve,
Weer nae even gettin £5 a kilo.
Weer nae even gettin £5 a kilo.
Aye lads, the producer at ground level ALWAYS gets ripped off when you consider what the final price to the customer is - the extent of the rip off in this case is exaggerated by the fact that anyone shopping in the likes of Harrod's expects to pay the highest price, silly I know, but that's life, presumably they think they will bet better quality from Mohamed Al-Fayed than Mr Jones the Fishmonger.
One other thing - wonder how the price increases as it travels from the hands of the Fisherman to the Shop, i.e. who gets what from the £5 a kilo paid at the source?
Regards
Steve E.
One other thing - wonder how the price increases as it travels from the hands of the Fisherman to the Shop, i.e. who gets what from the £5 a kilo paid at the source?
Regards
Steve E.
Of course all you get at Harrod's may not be what it says on the label - this piece from the London Standard @ http://www.thisislon...-of-fish-con.do
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Sainsbury's and Harrods accused of fish con
Last updated at 07:37am on 04.05.07
The fresh fish counter at Harrods. Sainsburys's and Harrods have been accused of selling cheap farmed fish as wild
Sainsburys's and Harrods have been accused of selling cheap farmed fish as wild.
The claim follows a nationwide survey by the Food Standards Agency, which has become increasingly concerned about food fraud.
Its researchers found one in ten supposedly wild sea bass and sea bream - among the most sought-after fish - were in fact farmed.
The proportion rose to almost one in seven of 'wild' salmon samples tested.
Fresh wild salmon usually costs at least 40 per cent more than its farmed equivalent. A similar pattern is seen with the price of sea bass and sea bream.
The survey, which looked at fish bought from the high street and auctions, suggests wild fish served up in restaurants may also have been farmed.
Food fraud is a rising problem. Recent examples include battery cage eggs from Europe being sold as free range and ordinary beef marketed as organic.
The FSA took 378 samples. Oil from the fish was then compared to a database covering authentic wild and farmed fish.
Of 59 samples of supposedly wild sea bass, six were definitely farmed while there was a question mark about one other.
Thirty five samples of 'wild' sea bream were tested. Four were definitely farmed and nine others questionable.
A total of 34 'wild' salmon were examined. Five were definitely wild while one was of doubtful origin.
Among those selling farmed salmon as wild were Harrods and a Sainsbury's store in Stroud, Gloucestershire.
Salmon sold at Tesco stores in Lancashire and Gloucestershire, a Waitrose in Kent, and a Morrisons store in Cumbria, had a question against it. These did not match the database definition for either wild or farmed salmon.
Supposedly wild sea bream sold by South West Seafoods in Plymouth and David Noblet in Lancashire was also farmed.
An Asda store in Gloucester was said to be selling wild sea bass which was farmed but this has been challenged by the company-which said all its sea bass was farmed and the pack tested was labelled correctly.
FSA head of Food Authenticity Dr Mark Woolfe said retailers should tighten up their procedures to ensure customers get what they are paying for.
A spokesman for Harrods said "human error" may have been to blame for farmed and wild salmon being mixed up.
He added that revised stock control measures have been put in place. Kensington and Chelsea Council has decided to take no further action because the store had made a "simple mistake".
Sainsbury's said it had launched an investigation, adding that each batch of Wild Alaskan Salmon was checked for traceability and chain of custody when it arrived in the country.
Consumer group Which? said it was "unacceptable" that customers were being deceived.
"Trading Standards must step in to tackle the offenders and prevent consumers from being misled," said its food campaigner Miranda Watson
Last updated at 07:37am on 04.05.07
The fresh fish counter at Harrods. Sainsburys's and Harrods have been accused of selling cheap farmed fish as wild
Sainsburys's and Harrods have been accused of selling cheap farmed fish as wild.
The claim follows a nationwide survey by the Food Standards Agency, which has become increasingly concerned about food fraud.
Its researchers found one in ten supposedly wild sea bass and sea bream - among the most sought-after fish - were in fact farmed.
The proportion rose to almost one in seven of 'wild' salmon samples tested.
Fresh wild salmon usually costs at least 40 per cent more than its farmed equivalent. A similar pattern is seen with the price of sea bass and sea bream.
The survey, which looked at fish bought from the high street and auctions, suggests wild fish served up in restaurants may also have been farmed.
Food fraud is a rising problem. Recent examples include battery cage eggs from Europe being sold as free range and ordinary beef marketed as organic.
The FSA took 378 samples. Oil from the fish was then compared to a database covering authentic wild and farmed fish.
Of 59 samples of supposedly wild sea bass, six were definitely farmed while there was a question mark about one other.
Thirty five samples of 'wild' sea bream were tested. Four were definitely farmed and nine others questionable.
A total of 34 'wild' salmon were examined. Five were definitely wild while one was of doubtful origin.
Among those selling farmed salmon as wild were Harrods and a Sainsbury's store in Stroud, Gloucestershire.
Salmon sold at Tesco stores in Lancashire and Gloucestershire, a Waitrose in Kent, and a Morrisons store in Cumbria, had a question against it. These did not match the database definition for either wild or farmed salmon.
Supposedly wild sea bream sold by South West Seafoods in Plymouth and David Noblet in Lancashire was also farmed.
An Asda store in Gloucester was said to be selling wild sea bass which was farmed but this has been challenged by the company-which said all its sea bass was farmed and the pack tested was labelled correctly.
FSA head of Food Authenticity Dr Mark Woolfe said retailers should tighten up their procedures to ensure customers get what they are paying for.
A spokesman for Harrods said "human error" may have been to blame for farmed and wild salmon being mixed up.
He added that revised stock control measures have been put in place. Kensington and Chelsea Council has decided to take no further action because the store had made a "simple mistake".
Sainsbury's said it had launched an investigation, adding that each batch of Wild Alaskan Salmon was checked for traceability and chain of custody when it arrived in the country.
Consumer group Which? said it was "unacceptable" that customers were being deceived.
"Trading Standards must step in to tackle the offenders and prevent consumers from being misled," said its food campaigner Miranda Watson
The belly of the rich man that's eating them gets well stuffed while the man at the sharp end that's catching them gets well stuffed too...some things never seem to change do they 
aye they are not the only ones been deceived.
landed 18 boxes yin day o prawns tae scotcrime a fortnight ago an got an average price o £1.95 kilo :dogturd:worked out at £28 a box robbin bast..ds try to say theres nae a fresh market. 
abody wants prawns just dont want t pay for them
it used to be if you got a fiver a kilo,the buyer would pass them on at £15 a kilo, ie. 3 times what he paid.
that covered his buying fee of a fiver, then a fiver for handling,then leaving a fiver profit,,,
but at £38 odds a kilo,thats takin the pxxx...
saw monk in a shop last week for £25 a kilo,,
can never understand why a substitute for prawns is 3-4times dearer than the real thing???
god knows what a wee wifie must think when she sees the price tags????haddock £12 a kilo etc,,,
there will be a few folk who can mind when you could of bought 3 boxes for £12,,,,,,,,
there wont be a boat in eyemooth with £38 a kilo on their docket, not in this lifetime...
jist did a quick calculation in ma heid, thats £968.75p. for a 25 kilo box. 2 boxes a day would do,,5 days a week.
that covered his buying fee of a fiver, then a fiver for handling,then leaving a fiver profit,,,
but at £38 odds a kilo,thats takin the pxxx...
saw monk in a shop last week for £25 a kilo,,
can never understand why a substitute for prawns is 3-4times dearer than the real thing?
??god knows what a wee wifie must think when she sees the price tags????haddock £12 a kilo etc,,,
there will be a few folk who can mind when you could of bought 3 boxes for £12,,,,,,,,
there wont be a boat in eyemooth with £38 a kilo on their docket, not in this lifetime...
jist did a quick calculation in ma heid, thats £968.75p. for a 25 kilo box. 2 boxes a day would do,,5 days a week.
Regards
Steve E.