LINE

Text:AAAPrint
Society

China's fishery authorities ask people not to believe 'fake salmon' rumor

1
2018-05-28 14:15:39CGTN Editor : Gu Liping ECNS App Download
The Qinghai reservoir, located at an altitude of 2,600m, is home to the biggest salmon farm operations in China.  (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Tianfu)

The Qinghai reservoir, located at an altitude of 2,600m, is home to the biggest salmon farm operations in China. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Tianfu)

Chinese fishery authorities asked people not to believe the rumor claiming fishermen in northwest China are selling trout in place of salmon. 

The China Fisheries Association (CFA) issued a statement on Thursday, refuting allegations that “rainbow trout in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau was being mislabeled as salmon, was infested with worms and painted to resemble salmon.”

Chinese netizens have expressed their doubts online, following a CCTV report which claimed that “one third of salmon on the Chinese market come from the Tibetan Plateau.”

The report earlier last week added that all of the fry are imported.

Salmon has commonly appeared on Chinese dining tables over the past few years, with many of them claimed to be imported from countries including Norway, Chile and Scotland.

“Want to throw up all the [fake] salmon I have eaten,” said @Maaotu, a user of the Twitter-like social media platform Weibo.

“Just wondering if eating raw fish raised in freshwater will be bad for our health,” commented another Weibo user @Slyyuan, amid speculation arguing it is easy for rainbow trout bred in the Qinghai Lake to be infected with parasites.

According to the CFA, salmon is the commercial name of oncorhynchus, which includes rainbow trout, Atlantic salmon and Pacific salmon.

The national association said that the amount of parasites in fish are due more to the quality of water, rather than seawater or freshwater.

“We haven’t found any harmful substances in the fish raised in the reservoir,” Hou Baoning from Qinghai customs told Chinanews.com, citing monitoring data over the past few years.

However, fears over food safety are not easy to allay. Xinhua News Agency has reminded people that “not all the seawater salmon are good raw fish” in its report, adding that Atlantic salmon is widely regarded as the healthy source of sashimi, the Japanese delicacy popular in China.

  

Related news

MorePhoto

Most popular in 24h

MoreTop news

MoreVideo

News
Politics
Business
Society
Culture
Military
Sci-tech
Entertainment
Sports
Odd
Features
Biz
Economy
Travel
Travel News
Travel Types
Events
Food
Hotel
Bar & Club
Architecture
Gallery
Photo
CNS Photo
Video
Video
Learning Chinese
Learn About China
Social Chinese
Business Chinese
Buzz Words
Bilingual
Resources
ECNS Wire
Special Coverage
Infographics
Voices
LINE
Back to top Links | About Us | Jobs | Contact Us | Privacy Policy
Copyright ©1999-2018 Chinanews.com. All rights reserved.
Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.