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Unfortunately, counterfeit scallops are common. https://www.bonappetit.com/entertaining-style/trends-news/slideshow/counterfeit-foods https://www.bonappetit.co

Unfortunately, counterfeit scallops are common. https://www.bonappetit.com/entertaining-style/trends-news/slideshow/counterfeit-foods https://www.bonappetit.com/entertaining-style/trends-news/sl... https://www.publichealth.com.ng/how-to-identify-fake-scallops/ https://www.publichealth.com.ng/how-to-identify-fake-scallop...

thematrixturtle 4y ago
No, they aren't. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/39179/are-cheap-scallops-made-from-flounders-or-stingrays https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/39179/are-cheap...
- moistly 4y ago
  And yet I can buy fake scallops. https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/IQF-imitation-breaded-scallop_1600082143642.html?spm=a2700.7724857.normal_offer.d_image.40c046ffKp8qgX https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/IQF-imitation-breaded...
  - JasonFruit 4y ago
    There's a difference between "fake" and "counterfeit"; the latter is when it's fake and you're up to no good.
    - moistly 4y ago
      And lord knows no restaurant or roadside fishmonger would ever pass off those fake scallops as the real thing!! No sirree! Note here that the FDA lists skate->scallop substitution. https://www.fda.gov/food/seafood-guidance-documents-regulatory-information/seafood-species-substitution-and-economic-fraud https://www.fda.gov/food/seafood-guidance-documents-regulato... Fraud accounts for up to 40% of seafood sales. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/15/revealed-seafood-happening-on-a-vast-global-scale https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/15/revealed... But do go on believing that Alibaba’s fake food isn’t passed off as the real thing.
      - JasonFruit 4y ago
        I love the sarcastic tone --- it's delightful! Please keep doing that. My point is that Alibaba is not selling counterfeit scallops. What you wrote did not contradict the comment to which you were responding.

thematrixturtle 4y ago

No, they aren't. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/39179/are-cheap-scallops-made-from-flounders-or-stingrays https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/39179/are-cheap...

moistly 4y ago
And yet I can buy fake scallops. https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/IQF-imitation-breaded-scallop_1600082143642.html?spm=a2700.7724857.normal_offer.d_image.40c046ffKp8qgX https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/IQF-imitation-breaded...
- JasonFruit 4y ago
  There's a difference between "fake" and "counterfeit"; the latter is when it's fake and you're up to no good.
  - moistly 4y ago
    And lord knows no restaurant or roadside fishmonger would ever pass off those fake scallops as the real thing!! No sirree! Note here that the FDA lists skate->scallop substitution. https://www.fda.gov/food/seafood-guidance-documents-regulatory-information/seafood-species-substitution-and-economic-fraud https://www.fda.gov/food/seafood-guidance-documents-regulato... Fraud accounts for up to 40% of seafood sales. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/15/revealed-seafood-happening-on-a-vast-global-scale https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/15/revealed... But do go on believing that Alibaba’s fake food isn’t passed off as the real thing.
    - JasonFruit 4y ago
      I love the sarcastic tone --- it's delightful! Please keep doing that. My point is that Alibaba is not selling counterfeit scallops. What you wrote did not contradict the comment to which you were responding.