Organic salmon products sold in UK supermarkets have been exposed to banned toxic pesticides
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So-called 'organic' salmon products being sold by UK supermarkets have actually been exposed to banned toxic pesticides which are linked to neurological disorders, MailOnline can reveal. Norwegian firm Mowi, which describes itself as the 'world's largest supplier of farm-raised salmon and most sustainable protein producer' has been selling fish exposed to dozens of chemicals to UK supermarkets as 'organic' produce.
![[Due to the lengthy life-cycle of salmon farming and its shelf-life after the fish have been killed, supermarkets are likely to be unwittingly selling these products as 'organic' until the end of 2025]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/11/15/93043635-14177313-image-a-12_1733930847357.jpg)
The company - which supplies Tesco, Sainsbury's and Ocado - has exploited a loophole in legislation which allowed it to proclaim salmon organic if it had not been treated with a pesticide in the last three months. Due to the lengthy life-cycle of salmon farming and its shelf-life after the fish have been killed, supermarkets are likely to be unwittingly selling these products as 'organic' until the end of 2025, according to research by the Green Britain Foundation.
![[A Mowi fish farm in Giske, Norway - the firm is the largest producer of retail salmon]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/11/15/93043739-14177313-image-a-13_1733930903665.jpg)
But data from Mowi's farms show the fish were exposed to pesticide chemicals including azamethiphos, deltamethrin and emamectin benzoate in dozens of instances before becoming 'organic'. Azamethiphos is an insecticide used in salmon farming to control parasites such as sea lice, but its effects have been linked to neurological disorders, decreasing male fertility, foetal abnormalities, chronic fatigue syndrome and Parkinson's disease.
![[One of the injured salmon captured in the grisly footage at Soay farm - where 'organic' fish is produced]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/10/14/87291479-14177313-One_of_the_injured_salmon_captured_in_the_grisly_footage-a-1_1733841387862.jpg)
