FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Tuna labels matter in Europe: Mislabelling rates in different tuna products BT AF SOTELO, Carmen G. VELASCO, Amaya PEREZ-MARTIN, Ricardo, I KAPPEL, Kristina SCHROEDER, Ute VERREZ-BAGNIS, Veronique JEROME, Marc MENDES, Rogerio SILVA, Helena MARIANI, Stefano GRIFFITHS, Andrew AS 1:1;2:1;3:1;4:2;5:2;6:3;7:3;8:4;9:4;10:5;11:6; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:PDG-RBE-BRM-LEMMMB;7:PDG-RBE-BRM-LEMMMB;8:;9:;10:;11:; C1 CSIC, Inst Invest Marinas, Vigo, Spain. Mission Res Inc, Dept Safety & Qual Milk & Fish Prod, Hamburg, Germany. Ifremer, Nantes, France. IP, Portuguese Inst Sea & Atmosphere IPMA, Lisbon, Portugal. Univ Salford, Sch Environm & Life Sci, Ecosyst & Environm Res Ctr, Manchester, England. Univ Exeter, Biosci, Exeter, Devon, England. C2 CSIC, SPAIN MAX RUBNER INST, GERMANY IFREMER, FRANCE IPMA, PORTUGAL UNIV SALFORD, UK UNIV EXETER, UK SI NANTES SE PDG-RBE-BRM-LEMMMB IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 DOAJ copubli-europe IF 2.776 TC 31 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00440/55137/56604.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00440/55137/56605.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00440/55137/56606.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00440/55137/56607.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00440/55137/56608.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00440/55137/56609.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00440/55137/56610.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00440/55137/56611.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00440/55137/56612.pdf LA English DT Article AB Tuna fisheries and processing represent economic activities of paramount importance around the world. Most of these products are traded for human consumption and in general are highly demanded commodities. However, not all tuna products achieve the same market price, some consumers are willing to pay a huge amount of money for certain species (i.e. Japanese market for Bluefin tuna) while other species are rather affordable (i.e. Skipjack tuna), therefore mislabelling has been observed frequently. We collected and analysed 545 tuna samples in six European countries, including fresh, frozen and canned products, and we have investigated whether or not these products were correctly labelled under European and national legislations. We found an overall mislabelling rate of 6.79%; in particular, 6.70% of the fresh and frozen tuna products and 7.84% of canned tuna were mislabelled, and only in the case of fresh and frozen tuna samples significant differences among countries were found. Mislabelling rates for Atlantic Bluefin tuna labelled products were very high, ranging from 50 up to 100%. In general, mislabelling was higher when specific names were included in the labels. The “tuna” umbrella term is a very popular one with consumers, but also one that remains vulnerable to ambiguity, hampering efforts towards market transparency and with potential negative consequences to the adequate management of tuna species stocks. PY 2018 PD MAY SO Plos One SN 1932-6203 PU Public Library Science VL 13 IS 5 UT 000432329200038 DI 10.1371/journal.pone.0196641 ID 55137 ER EF