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When you walk into a fancy restaurant and order a $23 “champagne braised black grouper”, you expect to get a $23 “champagne braised black grouper”, right. But according to a recent report by St. Petersburg Time in Tampa Bay, FL, more than half the time, you end up being served some cheap Asian catfish.

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services clearly states that “Failure to accurately and truthfully identify food items for sale, such as undisclosed substitution of one type of fish for another, is a violation of Florida law.� But this multimillion-dollar racket has been on for long, and the state law seems to make very little difference. After all, how many of us can tell a burnt cat fish from a pan seared grouper! So the next time you are out for some seafood, chose something that is easy to identify, like Zucchini, because restaurants will continue serving up fakes, until they are netted.

Listen to this story on NPR.

Tags: Oddities, Stupid, Law, corporation, Business, Fish, Florida, Fake fish, catfish, grouper