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A new brand called Oriental and Pacific Tuna hits UK dinner tables! Never mind the Horsemeat! Greenpeace with added links!

The report added: “The strong indications that people have intentionally substituted horsemeat for beef leads us to conclude that British consumers have been cynically and systematically duped in pursuit of profit by elements within the food industry.”

https://nuclear-news.net/2013/02/26/radioactive-horse-meat-dark-dealings-of-europes-cruellest-trade/

If you could close your eyes and let your imagination transport you to anywhere in the world, I bet you wouldn’t chose your local Tesco.

But bear with me a moment and let’s imagine ourselves walking down the tinned tuna aisle. Even though the tins all look pretty similar, there’s a huge difference in what’s inside. So we’re telling Tesco to pull dodgy tuna off their shelves.

If you were walking through this tinned tuna aisle a few years ago, you would have seen a different picture. Back then, we’d just won huge commitments from all major supermarkets on their own-brand tinned tuna. But now it looks like unsustainability is back on the shelves, dressed up in a different coloured can. A new brand called Oriental and Pacific, which is fished with destructive methods that kill turtles, sharks and rays alongside the tuna, has been spotted in Tesco shops all across the UK.

If supermarkets begin to replace sustainable brands on their shelves with cheap, dodgy tuna, then the commitments aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.

In fact, tonight at 7 pm on Channel 4, the last episode of Fish Fight will expose and confront Tesco over this dodgy tuna. Tune in and share this petition during the show!

It’s vital that we keep a close watch on any slippery supermarkets trying to undermine their promises to help protect the oceans. We know that the big supermarkets lead the way. And as soon as one slips, the rest follow right behind. Tell Tesco to pull Oriental and Pacific off their shelves.

Public pressure works – together let’s demand change that really protects our oceans
https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/TellTescoPetition

With all my thanks
Victoria and the Greenpeace tuna team

Some extra information here

CBS Video – Cousteau warns Californians about Fukushima plume: It could be dangerous, keeping eye on reports; I’m not touching bluefin tuna, I’m done due to pollution — Leaders “worried about radiation… personally reluctant to eat fish”; Calling for systematic tests in Pacific

Published: February 16th, 2014 at 8:27 pm ET
By ENENews

http://enenews.com/cousteau-warns-california-about-fukushima-plume-it-could-be-dangerous-keeping-eye-on-reports-im-not-touching-bluefin-tuna-im-done-due-to-pollution-leaders-worried-about-radiation-levels

Georgia Straight, Feb. 15, 2014: First Nations want radiation testing of fish – Caption: Reuben George is one of several First Nations leaders worried about radiation levels in salmon. […] North Shore News has reported that several First Nations leaders—including Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs president Grand Chief Stewart Phillip and Tahlton Central Council president Annita McPhee—want the federal government to conduct systematic tests of radiation levels in fish from the Pacific Ocean. Reuben George, a well-known member of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, told the paper that he’s personally reluctant to eat fish.

CBS San Francisco, Feb. 12, 2014:

• KPIX: Now at 6:30, the teachings from a famous ocean explorer about radiation risks […] one of the foremost experts on the world’s oceans no longer eats certain kinds of fish.
• Jean-Michel Cousteau: We’re using the ocean as a garbage can — a universal sewer.
• KPIX: And the ocean’s affecting us. Cousteau’s keeping an eye on reports of radiation from the Fukushima disaster reaching California shoreline, but he chooses his words carefully.
• Cousteau: The concentration of radioactivity, it is overblown. Does that mean it’s not potentially dangerous? It is.
• KPIX: It’s overall pollution which has him swearing off some ocean fish like bluefin tuna.
• Cousteau: I’m not touching it anymore, I’m done.

Watch the CBS broadcast here

More here;

https://nuclear-news.net/2014/02/22/eu-to-relax-curbs-on-japan-food-imports/

March 2, 2014 - Posted by arclight2011part2 | Uncategorized