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Buyer beware: Mislabeled fish in restaurants, grocery stores

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    Eric Shawn reports from New York

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Well when it comes to seafood turns out if it tastes like -- know there's a good chance it's not tuna.

According to the Washington based advocacy group called Oceana.

America's restaurants and grocery stores miss label up to 13 of all the fish they sell.

In some cases they may be ripping you off but in others the fraud could make you sick.

Among the biggest defenders 74%.

Of -- -- that restaurants 74%.

The group reports that Southern California has the highest rate of mislabeling in the entire country.

But that is but this is a widespread problem every place.

It's researchers looked they found fraudulent fish.

Our senior correspondent Eric Shawn is here he's brought out the fox -- China how they conduct this study.

That's happened it's unbelievably -- based conducted a study by conducting DNA tests on 12100 pieces efficient 21 states.

And if -- a lot of it was -- take a look at this this is -- and sometimes they said wild salmon you think of buying why would actually -- farm raised which is cheaper that's how they can rip you off.

This is cod sometimes -- actually Pacific -- -- and this is Lawton in by the should think it's red snapper.

Supposed to -- supposed to -- they did 120 tests on red snapper only seven or red snapper this actually is to Lafayette.

And this is -- which sometimes is replaced by king mackerel that I don't know exactly shop where the wrongdoing is done because there's so many hands in -- seafood chain that that.

Picked to -- before -- get on -- -- -- this would be about a money rip off but some of this is to actually danger dead especially if you -- pregnant woman or have young children for example lot of people for low Mercury fish.

And you go buy one in May actually be efficient as high Mercury if you buy tune if for example -- -- -- It's something that can causes disruptive stomach and people could have trouble because of that.

-- -- offers some tips.

Ask questions ask your restaurant.

Ask your grocery store count -- more about the efficient -- buying and if they can't tell you where it's coming from -- specifically what species that is don't order it.

Also checked the price at the price is too good to be true it probably is.

And that's good advice also they wanna have a new federal -- actually Trace the fish from the boat to the plate trying to Memphis so the seven -- -- around the corner sorry if I agree there -- and that's spicy tuna is not by its maybe spicy thing -- -- fifth fifth either thank you.

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