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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 ecshafer »

jmclnx wrote: post #5
christkv wrote: post #2

Bonus protein

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 :)

You can eat Sushi that is cooked, and there are even vegetarian rolls that don't have any fish. Sushi is quite good.

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Post by bitwize »

jmclnx wrote: post #5
christkv wrote: post #2

Bonus protein

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 :)

It's not a generational thing, at least not anymore. People older than you were eating sushi back when Western businesses started intensely transacting with the Japanese in the late 20th century (60s, 70s, 80s).

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Post by esseph »

jmclnx wrote: post #5
christkv wrote: post #2

Bonus protein

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 :)

> have never nor will ever eat sushi

You're really missing out. It's probably my favorite food on the planet, lol.

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

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Post by senectus1 »

AnodicElegy wrote: post #17

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 ca…

>Additionally, I've never seen worms in bottom-feeding fish like catfish and carp.

no just the heavy metals you can see...

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

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Post by pvaldes »

jmclnx wrote: post #5
christkv wrote: post #2

Bonus protein

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 :)

Assuring than no undesirable worms reach the table, ever, is the main reason of Japanese having developed sushi. Every fish in Japan destined to be served as sushi is ultra frozen first

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Post by swills »

khalic wrote: post #16

Why is the headline trying to make it sound like it's new or a big deal? That's a terrible sensationalist website btw...

Part of the story that says:

In 2020, researchers at the University of Washington found evidence that Anisakis worms in raw seafood have increased 280 times since the 1970s.

So that seems new or new-ish.

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

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Post by soupfordummies »

anon48293 wrote: post #4

It has already been known for a long time fish, and in particular tuna, carry a lot of worms and parasites, which is why freezing rules are in place in pretty much every country. For example here are EU regulations regarding freezing Tuna https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=PI_...

Prob dumb question but what about sushi? I'm talking about the storied markets in Japan where they go bid on the fish fresh off the boat.

EDIT: Looks like the next thread down goes into this. It is flash frozen to kill the parasites, usually on the boat.

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Post by pvaldes »

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

Larvae are tiny and translucent and mold with each jump from one host to the next,

I can assure you by direct experience than the adults colonies could pass for a noodless dish at the first look.

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Post by tonyedgecombe »

soupfordummies wrote: post #27
anon48293 wrote: post #4

It has already been known for a long time fish, and in particular tuna, carry a lot of worms and parasites, which is why freezing rules are in place in pretty much every country. For example here are EU regulations regarding freezing Tuna https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=PI_...

Prob dumb question but what about sushi? I'm talking about the storied markets in Japan where they go bid on the fish fresh off the boat. EDIT: Looks like the next thread down goes into this. It is flash frozen to kill the parasites, usually on the boat.

Pieter Hintjens (the ZeroMQ guy) died from bile duct cancer which he put down to parasites acquired after eating sushi in South America.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Hintjens

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