Food issues
The horsemeat scandal broke in the UK last January. At the same time, there was a fish scandal in France. The problem seemed to arise from the number of words for, say, “cod” round the world. So cod fish-fingers bought in French supermarkets did not necessarily contain the customers’ idea of cod in terms of the label.
That was just one example of buying fish from a foreign supplier outside France. I wonder if the same linguistic problems might arise, say, between south-east Asian suppliers and fish processors in the UK?
Shirley Seaton
Eskmill Villas
Musselburgh, East Lothian