The CBC is reporting that PhD student Yaxi Hu is being awarded the Mitacs Award for developing a test to detect food fraud.
This is great news for customers looking to support local wild varieties of fish and avoid toxic farmed fish. For more on the story check out: “In a world full of food fraud, the paprika-dusted wild salmon you ordered off the menu might not be exactly what ends up on your plate, a UBC researcher is warning.”