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Article: TAKE A PASS ON CHILEAN SEA BASS CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR STEVENS COMMENTS ON WAL-MART ANNOUNCING ITS PLANS TO SELL 'SUSTAINABLE' CHILEAN SEA BASS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 16, 2007
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The National Environmental Trust issued the following statement:
"Last September, Whole Foods brought 'sustainable' Chilean Sea Bass back to its seafood counters. Now, we see Wal-Mart doing the same. We're worried that Wal-Mart's 175 million weekly customers will see MSC-certified Chilean Sea Bass and immediately assume that all Chilean Sea Bass is ok to eat. That's simply not the case.
"Wal-Mart and Whole Foods need to let their customers know that less than 10% of Chilean Sea Bass is certified as ...