Exposed: Loch Duart's RSPCA Assured 'Healthy' Salmon (packed with viruses, diseases & bacteria)!

Anyone for @rspcaassured Loch Duart salmon fresh from Loch Laxford? Comes with Salmon Gill Poxvirus, Heart & Skeletal inflammation, Piscine reovirus, hyperplasic branchitis, vascular disturbance, haemorrhage & Bacterial dermatitis @LochDuartSalmon @ScotlandSalmon @TavishScott pic.twitter.com/qMbkN2bn4t

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 18, 2022

Here's a Fish Health Inspectorate report relating to an inspection in August 2022 of Loch Duart's RSPCA Assured salmon farm in Loch Laxford – published by the Scottish Government on 15 November 2022:

Teaser for Tomorrow: Which @rspcaassured salmon farm are these 'welfare friendly' fish sourced from? Photos taken by inspectors @marinescotland https://t.co/2sBrJXdrlL
The fish tested positive for Salmon Gill Poxvirus, Salmonid alphavirus & Piscine reovirus @LochDuartSalmon pic.twitter.com/8yOMKXwGOk

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 17, 2022

$camon $cotland reported in October 2022:

The Worst of the Worst @ScotlandSalmon – headed by 55.9% mortality in September @LochDuartSalmon in Loch Carnan: that's over half the fish dying in 30 days!!https://t.co/kjNDyAMOzI
But don't worry, Loch Duart is @rspcaassured – nothing to see here! https://t.co/UzZDt5a2qZ #RSPCA pic.twitter.com/6KKtrNoIsq

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 9, 2022

In September 2022, a report published by $camon $cotland highlighted Loch Duart's mortality problems:

Loch Duart's marketing slogan is "unrivalled Scottish salmon" (it used to be "the Sustainable Salmon Company" but that was dropped after @ASA_UK invervention) – 50.3% mortality @rspcaassured in the Sound of Harris beats most of their rivals for sure! @ScotlandSalmon @RSPCAChris pic.twitter.com/YKdu04E3Dg

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 27, 2022

$camon $cotland reported in September 2022:

Mmm – yummy looking "unrivalled" Scottish salmon "With a natural as possible diet & space to swim, each fish grows fitter & healthier every day" claims @LochDuartSalmon https://t.co/OxXxkqxHPh
Err…except unhealthy fish from farms with mortality rates over 25%! @ScotlandSalmon pic.twitter.com/f50gytF6TQ

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 28, 2022

Back in April 2019, The Ferret reported that the Advertising Standards Agency forced Loch Duart to drop the word 'sustainable' from their branding:

In 2018, Loch Duart was ranked the worst salmon farming company in Scotland for animal welfare by OneKind:

Watch a BBC report from October 2018 on how Loch Duart's 'cleaner fish' supplier was caught catching fish in a 'No Take Zone' (leading to the suspension of the supplier):