Farmed salmon from Scotland is ranked as the world's worst – according to recent assessments by Seafood Watch which recommends avoiding farmed salmon from Scotland, Norway, Chile and Atlantic Canada [1]. The red ranking for Scottish farmed salmon – which scored a woeful 2.65 out of 10 – was attributed to poor performance in terms of chemicals, disease and escapes [2].
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"It's official – Scottish farmed salmon is now the worst in the world," said Don Staniford, Director of the Global Alliance Against Industrial Aquaculture. "Scottish salmon farming is a global embarrassment and red warning lights can be seen all over the globe. You can put lipstick on a salmon but it's still a farmed salmon loaded with lice, doused on toxic pesticides, contaminated with cancer-causing chemicals and artificially coloured an unnatural red colour. The warning message to consumers is simple: avoid Scottish salmon like the plague and stop eating such a lousy product!"
[Left to right: John Robins, Allan Berry, Roderick O'Sullivan, Don Staniford, Elseanne Staniford and Ewan Kennedy: download high res image online here; photo credit: John Need: http://www.JohnNeed.co.uk]
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