Urban Barcode Project Team Fishy Labels
Program:
Urban Barcode Project
Year:
2015-16
Research Topic:
Food fraud
Taxonomic Group Studied:
Animals

Project:

Is There A Correlation Between The Price of Fish and Whether It’s True To It’s Label?
Students:
Zoe Antell, Eliza Epstein, Sarah Rockhill
School:
Ethical Culture Fieldston Culture, The Bronx
Mentors:
Palma Repole

Abstract:

Some rumors about fish markets mislabeling their products, selling cheaper fish at the price of a higher quality fish, have been shown to be true. The goal of our project is to see if there is any correlation between fish fraud and the price at which the fish is sold.

Poster:

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