Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 2025
Abstract
Awareness and intervention can reduce fraudulent labeling in seafood. Using a 10-year longitudinal study approach, DNA-based monitoring data reveals a lower sushi mislabeling in Los Angeles restaurants over time. This is in part attributed to implemented recommendations by restaurants of a local academia-industry-government outreach initiative launched in 2018, The Los Angeles Seafood Monitoring Project. We found mislabeling was 3-fold lower among project-partnering restaurants than other restaurants. This difference was statistically significant, illustrating the combination of project partnering and implementation of recommendations was most impactful on reducing mislabeling rates. Lastly, the study period includes the COVID19 global pandemic, which additional monitoring effort between 2019 and 2021 did not reveal any significant change in mislabeling rates.
Original Publication Citation
Willette, D. A., Andrade, K., Fitzpatrick, B., & Wilson, K. (2025). Outreach & DNA-based monitoring facilitate 3-fold reduction in seafood mislabeling in Los Angeles over 10 years. Food Control, 168, 110913. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110913
Publisher Statement
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Digital Commons @ LMU & LLS Citation
Willette, Demian A.; Andrade, Kelli; Fitzpatrick, Ben; and Wilson, Kesterlyn, "Outreach & DNA-based monitoring facilitate 3-fold reduction in seafood mislabeling in Los Angeles over 10 years" (2025). Biology Faculty Works. 223.
https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/bio_fac/223
