1-25-2002
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME OUR FAMILY LIVED IN SPARKS NEVADA. AND FROM TIME TO TIME WE VISITIED KONA HAWAII WHERE WE PLANNED TO MOVE. WE ALWAYS ENJOYED OUR STAY AND OUR OPPORTUNITY TO BUY FRESH HAWAIIAN FISH. THAT IS WHEN WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEAT MR. GLYNN ROSS THE FISH MAN. AFTER WE MET GLYNN AND HE SHARED WITH US SOME MATERIAL ON GASSED FISH THAT WAS BEING SOLD BY SOME LARGE SUPER MARKETS SUCH AS ALBERTSONS.

WHEN WE RETURNED HOME TO SPARKS NEVADA WE CHECKED IT OUT AND SURE ENOUGH WE HAD BEEN BUYING AND EATING THE STUFF (GASSED FISH) WHILE THINKING IT WAS FRESH HAWAIIAND FISH. WE WERE JUST SICK TO THINK WE WE WERE BEING LIED TO, BECAUSE WE WOULD NEVER HAD FED THIS TO OUR CHILDREN OR EATEN IT OUR SELVES HAD WE KNOWN.

AS THE MOTHER AND THE ONE MOST RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FAMILY SHOPPING AND CHOOSING THE BEST HEALTHY NUTRITIONAL FOODS FOR MY FAMILY I FEEL I HAVE FAILED BECAUSE THE ALBERTSONS STORES HAVE LIED TO US. AND NOW SOME TIMES WHEN I THINK BACK AND REMEMBER THAT SOME OF US FELT ILL AND SOMETIMES WHEN THE KIDS WERE SICK I CANT HELP TO FEEL IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE GASSED FISH. THIS IS SUCH A FRAUD AND SUCH A INFERIOR PRODUCT AS TO WHAT WE BELIEVE WE WERE BUYING.

AS PARENTS WE ARE JUST SICK ABOUT THIS, KNOWING WE HAD BEEN EATING GASSED TREATED FISH WITH OUT KNOWING. I WENT BACK TO ONE STORE AND TOLD THE LADY IN CHARGE OF THE SEAFOOD DEPARTMENT ABOUT MY CONCERNS AND i SAID YOU MAY HAVE A LAW SUIT OVER THIS IS YOU KEEP SELLING IT WITH OUT THE PROPER LABEL TELLING PEOPLE WHAT IT IS AND SHE TOOK IT OFF THE SHELF AND SAID THEY WERE NOT GOIN TO SELL IT ANYMORE AND WHEN I WENT TO THE OTHER ALBERTSONS STORE IN XXXXXX ON XXXXXXX THEY WERE STILL SELLING IT AND THE MEAT MANAGER TOLD ME EVERY ONE BUYS IT, ITS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST SELLERS AND IF WE DONT SELL IT SOMEONE ELSE WILL. I SAID YES BECAUSE PEOPLE THINK IT IS FRESH HAWAIIAN FISH AND THEY DONT KNOW IT HAS BEEN GASSED, FROZEN AND IMPORTED.

I WATCHED THEM TAKE IT OUT OF A BOX WITH A LOT OF ORIENTAL WRITINGON IT AND TEY REMOVED IT FROMTHE MARKED PACKAGES AND PUT IT IN THE MEAT COUNTER WHERE THEY SOLD IT AS FRESH HAWAIIAN FISH.

ANOTHER LARGE SUPER MARKET CHAIN STORE THAT SELLS IT IS CUBS MARKETS IN SPARKS NEVADA.

OUR FAMILY HOPES THAT SOME THING CAN BE DONE SOON SO THAT OTHER FAMILIES WONT BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF AND WHERE IS OUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE TO ENFORCE THE STANDARDS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY? SIGNED 1-26-2002