There's Something Fishy About Your Sushi
The Hollywood Reporter|May 31, 2017

A New Study Finds That Top Restaurants In L.A. Mislabel More Than Half Of Their Fish — And For The First Time, Thr Can Name Names 

Peter Flax
There's Something Fishy About Your Sushi

Serious questions about mislabeled sushi were widely reported in January after a study published in the journal Conservation Biology concluded that nearly half of the fish served at prominent Los Angeles sushi restaurants did not match the species on the menu. That study got people talking, but the one thing it didn’t do was name names.

Now, relying on the same protocol methods and an independent lab, The Hollywood Reporter has replicated that testing, using samples purchased from eight prominent sushi restaurants in L.A.: Asanebo, Hamasaku, Hide Sushi, Jinpachi, Katsuya, Kiriko, Sugarfish and Sushi Sushi. The results, plainly stated, are shocking: Roughly 60 percent of the fish tested did not match what was purported on the menu, and not a single restaurant achieved a perfect score.

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