BC SALMON BOYCOTT
April 1st, 2003
BY MONICA DOBIE, in MontrealTHE BRITISH Columbia Salmon Farmers Association has scrambled to head off a local boycott by the Canadian province's restaurateurs on using farmed salmon, in place, say several Vancouver restaurants, because of customer fears about the health safety of the product."We are alarmed at the extreme escalation of the debate surrounding farm-raised versus wild salmon and encourage consumers to not be hasty...much of the information in the marketplace about farm raised salmon is simply not true," said Mary Ellen Waling, association executive ...
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