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Scientists Find Worms in Almost Every Fish in a Tuna Haul – 96% Were Infected

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Re: Scientists Find Worms in Almost Every Fish in a Tuna Haul – 96% Were Infected

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Post by timcobb »

ddarolfi wrote: post #10
jmclnx wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder how this will affect sushi ? Could people eating that get infected ? Seems in very rare cases the answer is yes. I am from an older generation, I have never nor will ever eat sushi :)

All sushi fish is frozen for some number of days to kill anything. I guess the only risk would come from somebody not doing there job properly, but I'm sure a sushi chef would notice a living worm parasite in the fish they are cutting

Yeah these are microscopic

Re: Scientists Find Worms in Almost Every Fish in a Tuna Haul – 96% Were Infected

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Post by Rooster61 »

nekusar wrote: post #6
jmclnx wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder how this will affect sushi ? Could people eating that get infected ? Seems in very rare cases the answer is yes. I am from an older generation, I have never nor will ever eat sushi :)

So what makes raw fish safe is that the fish is froze at a temp for a period of time. Its different depending on temp and duration. But the cold kills the parasites. Its why "sashimi grade fish" is safe.

> "sashimi grade fish"

This term has no legal definition and is unregulated. A fish caught, cut, and thrown on a plate as sashimi could be called sashimi grade having never touched a freezer to kill off parasites.

Re: Scientists Find Worms in Almost Every Fish in a Tuna Haul – 96% Were Infected

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Post by drabbiticus »

timcobb wrote: post #11
ddarolfi wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All sushi fish is frozen for some number of days to kill anything. I guess the only risk would come from somebody not doing there job properly, but I'm sure a sushi chef would notice a living worm parasite in the fish they are cutting

Yeah these are microscopic

I don't think that the Anisakis species discussed in this article would generally be considered microscopic, as demonstrated by various photos included in the article. The Trypanorhyncha larvae are smaller, but also likely to be visible without microscopy as well, on the basis of the scale I'm inferring from the included photos vs. the muscle striation in the tuna.

Re: Scientists Find Worms in Almost Every Fish in a Tuna Haul – 96% Were Infected

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Post by AnodicElegy »

Any angler will know that, in some lakes, it seems like every fish is full of worms. I've always dealt with that by frying the crap out of them -- no medium-rare bass for me, sorry. Alternatively, I'm sure they're fine after a few weeks in the freezer.

Rivers seem to be better, with worm presence (or at least, obvious worm presence) being less common. Additionally, I've never seen worms in bottom-feeding fish like catfish and carp.

Re: Scientists Find Worms in Almost Every Fish in a Tuna Haul – 96% Were Infected

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Post by hasanpiker »

ddarolfi wrote: post #10
jmclnx wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder how this will affect sushi ? Could people eating that get infected ? Seems in very rare cases the answer is yes. I am from an older generation, I have never nor will ever eat sushi :)

All sushi fish is frozen for some number of days to kill anything. I guess the only risk would come from somebody not doing there job properly, but I'm sure a sushi chef would notice a living worm parasite in the fish they are cutting

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