Fishy standards may pose risk to 'salmon' eaters

IN COLLABORATION with enterprises, the China Aquatic Products Processing and Marketing Alliance recently drafted a new standard that categorizes rainbow trout as salmon. Beijing News comments:

Salmon, as purchased by consumers, generally refers to Atlantic salmon, and not the so-called freshwater salmon, rainbow trout, which are a different genus.

But for a long time, many restaurants and shops have served the latter when customers order salmon. If customers cannot tell the difference, they will say that rainbow trout are salmon too.