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Well, I'm never eating sushi again, and you may not want to either after this story: There is a report claiming that a Chinese man nearly died when his entire body was taken over by tapeworms ...
Parasites in fish are a natural occurrence and common. Though not a health concern in thoroughly cooked fish, parasites are a concern when consumers eat raw or lightly preserved fish such as sashimi, sushi, ceviche, and gravlax. The popularity of such raw fish dishes makes it important for consumers to be aware of this risk. Raw fish should be ...
Doctors have issued a serious warning about sushi's recent spike in popularity after a man was violently sickened by the Japanese delicacy. Doctors issue warning after man contracts horrifying ...
Traditionally, fish that live all or part of their lives in fresh water were considered unsuitable for sashimi due to the possibility of parasites (see Sashimi article). Parasitic infections from freshwater fish are a serious problem in some parts of the world, particularly Southeast Asia. Fish that spend part of their life cycle in salt water ...
Raw salmon flesh may contain marine parasites, such as Anisakis nematodes, that cause anisakiasis. Before the availability of refrigeration, Japan did not consume raw salmon because of this health risk. Salmon and salmon roe have only recently come into use in making sashimi and sushi in the late 1980s.
Why would you want to irradiate sushi and sashimi anyway? F 01:20, 23 March 2011 (UTC) Presumably to kill off the parasites that are famously a danger of improperly prepared sashimi. APL 01:32, 23 March 2011 (UTC) See Anisakis, Clonorchis, Echinostoma, Diphyllobothrium latum, and others...
The genus Anisakis was defined in 1845 [2] by Félix Dujardin as a subgenus of the genus Ascaris Linnaeus, 1758.Dujardin did not make explicit the etymology, but stated that the subgenus included the species in which the males have unequal spicules ("mâles ayant des spicules inégaux"); thus, the name Anisakis is based on anis-(Greek prefix for different) and akis (Greek for spine or spicule).
Doctors have reported cases of parasitic infections (aka worms) in people who have eaten raw sushi. That’s why good sashimi fish (often tuna, yellowtail, mackerel, and salmon) is caught, iced ...