PINK SALMON DYE
April 1st, 2003
BY PHILIP FINE
THREE potentially expensive class-action lawsuits have been filed against large US grocery chains, Kroger, Safeway and Albertsons over the colour of their salmon. The lawsuits, filed in King County Superior Court in Seattle, Washington state, on behalf of shoppers seeks a court order requiring the chains to inform shoppers that the farmed salmon they sell has been dyed pink. The suit contends the practice is deceptive, that the colour of the salmon is naturally grey, and is seeking unspecified damages. The grocery chains have not commented but, in ...
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