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Public Analysts results lead to UK restaurant being fined for misleading description of lobster dish
Public Analysts from the Minton Treharne & Davies Group were involved in the legislative assessment and issuing of the certificate when asked for an opinion by their local Swansea Trading Standards in the case of a lobster dish being misleadingly described.
ASK restaurant chain was fined £40,000 in Swansea Magistrate Court on 14 January for misleadingly describing one of their dishes - “Aragosta e Gamberoni” (lobster and king prawns). The lobster component of the dish was a reformed product containing only 35% lobster with white fish protein and white fish. Sales of the dish amounted to £3m across the UK since it was launched in 2014, though the charge spanned the period between 1 December 2016 and 20 March 2019 - when Swansea Trading Standards alerted ASK and removed the dish from its menu.
The BBC new report on the case can be found at the link below