Harrods and Fortnum & Mason accused of 'misleading' customers with fish labels

Salmon with the statement "secret smokehouse salmon" (Image: Scamon Scotland)

Harrods and Fortnum & Mason person been accused of breaching food labelling laws astatine their luxury stores successful London.

Fortnum & Mason changed labelling past week aft campaigners alleged it was selling “secret smokehouse salmon” with nary details connected the state of root oregon whether it was farmed oregon wild.

A ailment was made to the store aft Scamon Scotland made an inspection connected World Fisheries Day past Thursday, and the adjacent time it ditched “secret” from the statement to pass customers the merchandise was farmed successful Scotland.

Harrods was besides alleged to person mislabelled 3 salmon products.

Don Staniford, of Scamon Scotland, claimed: “Scottish salmon is simply a payment nightmare that should beryllium avoided. Yet retailers are flouting food labelling laws and misleading consumers. The Competition and Markets Authority indispensable present intervene to clamp down connected amerciable food labelling by retailers.

“Shoppers should inquire wherever the salmon successful supermarkets comes from and however it is farmed.”

Harrods said products with labelling issues that were flagged to unit were taken disconnected merchantability portion signs were updated. The store past realised immoderate products were not compliant with food labelling regulations arsenic they did not specify the authorities of origin.

Salmon labels astatine Harrods successful London (Image: Scamon Scotland)

These products were removed from merchantability until the labels had been accurately updated. Products were returned to merchantability connected Monday.

The store said: “Harrods addressed concerns arsenic soon arsenic they were raised with our retail team. All highlighted labels person present been reviewed and updated and are compliant with regulations.”

In March, Harrods and Fortnum & Mason were investigated by assembly officials pursuing erstwhile complaints implicit salmon labelling, aft which Fortnum & Mason besides changed its labelling.