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Central Louisiana restaurants caught selling swai as catfish
Posted on 2/15/18 at 10:36 am
Posted on 2/15/18 at 10:36 am
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I imagine this goes on at a lot of restaurants
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Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries officials have cited managers at three local restaurants suspected of illegally selling customers a type of Asian catfish without properly labeling it as such.
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Restaurants in certain states, including ones with big catfish industries such as Louisiana, are prohibited from selling swai as "catfish."
I imagine this goes on at a lot of restaurants
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Posted on 2/15/18 at 10:36 am to LSU6262
Once its deep fried its all the same
Posted on 2/15/18 at 10:37 am to LSU6262
Swai would they do such a thing? Something’s fishy.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 10:38 am to LSU6262
You sure this wasn't in Germany?
Posted on 2/15/18 at 10:48 am to LSU6262
A lot of fish is sold incorrectly and it’s not necessarily done maliciously by the restaurant/store.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 10:51 am to LSU6262
Substituting one bottom feeder for another doesn't seem as egregious as selling sliced pig rectum as calamari but you'd like to at least know what you're getting.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 10:51 am to DavidTheGnome
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A lot of fish is sold incorrectly and it’s not necessarily done maliciously by the restaurant/store.
True, when I was in the business, we would order catfish, but sometimes the supplier would bring swai filets. They are practically indistinguishable.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 10:52 am to Mingo Was His NameO
Swai /Basa is basically a vietnamese catfish so not sure how they are in trouble for advertising catfish. It taste much better than pond raised catfish anyways.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 10:53 am to LSU6262
I’ve never seen a restaurant label swai. Yet every time I go to restaurant depot I see swai going out the door by the truck load.
I’d never eat seafood grown in Southeast Asia that stuff is gown in sewer quality water.
Swai taste mealy and is easy to pick out if you pay attention.
I’d never eat seafood grown in Southeast Asia that stuff is gown in sewer quality water.
Swai taste mealy and is easy to pick out if you pay attention.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 10:56 am to HueyP
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I’d never eat seafood grown in Southeast Asia that stuff is gown in sewer quality water.
Ever eaten catfish caught in the Amite River?
Posted on 2/15/18 at 10:57 am to LSU6262
I read something a few years ago that over 40% of all white fish sold in the US is labeled wrong; they literally have no idea what kind of fish it is
Posted on 2/15/18 at 10:58 am to HueyP
Catfish is around 80-90 a case and Swai around 30 a case. It's to cut cost.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 11:06 am to 44tiger
Don't know about swai, but basa are river catfish, thus no not as much as a muddy taste like the catfish you get in the late months of summer. Tried it a few times when I was in the food business. And yes much cheaper too.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 11:07 am to atxfan
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Substituting one bottom feeder for another doesn't seem as egregious as selling sliced pig rectum as calamari but you'd like to at least know what you're getting.
Except Swai is farm-raised in Vietnam where using antibiotics are legal. It's not held to the same inspection standards as catfish raised in the US.
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one study found that Vietnamese imported fish like swai had the greatest number of health violations of imported seafood in the U.S.
Here's an article about why this is more of an issue than just "substituting one bottom feeder for another"
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Posted on 2/15/18 at 11:12 am to MLCLyons
SO are they going to start giving tickets to every restaurant that uses Chinese crawfish tails in etoufee or tuna steaks from Vietnam or the frog legs bc that is what the majority uses. Not sure how the swai is different.
This post was edited on 2/15/18 at 11:13 am
Posted on 2/15/18 at 11:20 am to AP83
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SO are they going to start giving tickets to every restaurant that uses Chinese crawfish tails in etoufee or tuna steaks from Vietnam or the frog legs bc that is what the majority uses. Not sure how the swai is different.
There are specific laws for restaurants and catfish.
Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee have statutes requiring that the country of origin of catfish served in restaurants be clearly identified.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 11:21 am to AP83
quote:We used to have a place that listed Basa separately. No idea if anyone ever ordered it. They closed.
Swai /Basa is basically a vietnamese catfish so not sure how they are in trouble for advertising catfish. It taste much better than pond raised catfish anyways.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 11:23 am to LSU6262
If i'm eating catfish I want it caught by bubba and his son a few hours before it's in my stomach
Posted on 2/15/18 at 11:24 am to AlxTgr
Basa tastes better than regular Louisiana Catfish. If we fried both side by side, I bet less than 10% of people would tell the differerence and choose LA Catfish.
The Basa is cleaner looking and the filet whiter.
The Basa is cleaner looking and the filet whiter.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 11:27 am to MLCLyons
Great, I didn't say that it was harmless or a non-issue. I said that in my own personal opinion, it seemed less egregious than ordering seafood and getting rectum.
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