The Zimbabwe Fish Scandal

A food scandal is in the making in Britain, where Waitrose supermarkets are coming under fire for selling tilapia from Zimbabwe at a time when famine is affecting millions under the corrupt rule of Robert Mugabe there, according to the Daily Mail.

But the supermarket claims buying fish from Zimbabwe meets demand for mild white fish, therefore sparing endangered stocks of cod while supporting native fishermen via a "fair trade" dealer. Add to that the need for international trade to sustain the economy (which has been in a deepening tailspin of late, and still reeling from the seizure of white-owned farms in 2000) and you have the recipe for a very complicated food scandal.

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