But said Mr Lane at the recent Boston Seafood Fair in the US Angus MacDuff of Fife Scottish Smoked Salmon was being sold in

But, said Mr Lane, at the recent Boston Seafood Fair in the US "Angus MacDuff of Fife Scottish Smoked Salmon" was being sold in packets bearing a copy of the SSSA's logo - virtually identical except that "association" was missing. Grant's also has convictions for selling underweight fish in Cornwall and the Isle of Wight.Yesterday, Andrew Lane, managing director of Loch Fyne Smokehouse and chairman of the SSSA gold label committee, said: "It is a constant battle to make people aware of the difference between genuine Scottish smoked salmon and inferior imitations They often assume that any smoked salmon is Scottish. But the phone number on the price list - headed "Loch Fyne Smokehouse" - was of Grant's premises in the depressed Cumbrian town of Maryport.The genuine Loch Fyne Smokehouse at Cairndow, Argyll, complained to Cumbria trading standards department Grant's was subsequently fined pounds 2,000. It waxed lyrical about salmon "traditionally cured and gently smoked over oakwood chippings" from a "very long-established traditional smokehouse .. on the west coast of Scotland". Grant's had supplied Smugglers restaurant near Minehead with fish labelled "Scottish oak-smoked salmon" which was in fact a form of rainbow trout.On another occasion, in 1991, caterers received a letter headed "Loch Fyne Scottish Smoked Salmon". The current issue of Which?, the consumer magazine, highlights the widespread incidence of misleading labelling in the food industry.Last month, Grant's Smoked Foods of Maryport, Cumbria, was fined pounds 4,000 at Taunton Crown Court after being found guilty of two offences under the Trade Descriptions Act. As much as half the fish sold on world markets may be counterfeit.

"Scottish" names containing words such as "Mac" and "Glen" and tartan packaging are sufficient to fool many customers. Passing off cheap Norwegian salmon or Danish trout as Scottish salmon enables unscrupulous firms to undercut the prices of bona fide Scottish producers. The counterfeit trade has had a serious effect on profits and jobs in Scotland, according to the Scottish Salmon Smokers' Association (SSSA), which is campaigning for stiffer penalties for pirates.The scandal has come to light at a time of increasing anxiety about the verification of food. Salmon "pirates" are exploiting consumers by selling phoney "Scottish smoked salmon" in a trade worth an estimated pounds 50m. SCOTTISH smoked salmon will be on the menu for thousands of families today But the fish on the plate may not be Scottish It may not even be salmon.

We cannot cover up what went on by hiding the report," said Mrs Taylor.. I had received allegations from well over 100 young people who had been abused while in care."In the end I had a hefty document which I gave to the police and which was the foundation for their investigation when they were called in by Clwyd."I believe the abuse may go back 30 years. I have spoken with young men who were abused in the late 1960s. It is something which became part of the culture."In all, more than 2,000 children may have been abused. At times, homes had 100 admissions a year on average and 46 homes were investigated. The police took nearly 3,000 statements and they did not go back 30 years."For the sake of the children who were abused and for the welfare of children at risk from future abuse, the Jillings report must be published. I went to the Welsh Office, who didn't want to know, and the DSS, the social services inspectorate."Early in 1991 I decided to put together all the information I had.