Seafood fraud can happen when fish is incorrectly labeled for consumers as a more expensive variety.

View as a Web Page NIST's Shrimp and Salmon Reference Materials Could Help Combat Seafood Fraud At your local supermarket, you can usually find all sorts of seafood on display, but it's sometimes hard to know if it's correctly labeled. If you purchase seafood marked as wild-caught salmon, for example, how do you know that you're not actually getting cheaper farm-raised salmon, or even an entirely different kind of fish? Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are helping to address this concern with new salmon and shrimp reference materials — fresh-frozen samples of seafood that have been thoroughly ground down into a mixture and meticulously measured. In addition to being useful for industrial food labs, the reference materials will help the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agencies assess whether imported salmon and shrimp are authentic. Read More IN CASE YOU MISSED IT NIST Tree Nut Reference Materials Support Food Allergen Testing June 6, 2022 Food allergies affect millions of Americans every year. Though medications can treat allergy symptoms, preventative measures such as accurate food labeling and stopping cross-contact with potential allergens during food preparation can help ensure people are not exposed to foods that might cause an allergic reaction. Read More

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