Scottish smoked salmon fraudulently sold in US
An alleged whistleblower has raised a court case in the US claiming that tonnes of smoked salmon labelled as Scottish actually came from Norway and Chile, the Telegraph reports.
Denise Chadwick, 60, former head buyer for St James Smokehouse, based in Annan in south-west Scotland and Miami, claims the company routinely passed off lower-priced imports as fish from Scottish salmon farms.
She has filed a lawsuit in the US District Court in Newark, alleging that she was sacked after warning the company's owner he could go to prison.
Ms Chadwick has given the court copies of emails she sent to Brendan Maher, owner of the firm, who strenuously denies her allegations.
