Very fishy: China rules rainbow trout can be sold as salmon — theguardian.com

In a move that customers have labelled very fishy, the Chinese government has ruled that rainbow trout can now be labelled and sold as salmon. The seemingly bizarre move comes after complaints earlier this year that rainbow trout was being mislabelled. In May, media reported that much of what was sold as salmon in China was actually rainbow trout, to widespread consternation from fish-buyers. But instead of banning vendors from deceiving their customers, the China Aquatic Products Processing and Marketing Alliance (CAPPMA), which falls under the Chinese ministry of agriculture, has ruled that all salmonidae fish can now be sold under the umbrella name of “salmon”, reports the Global Times.

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