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Blowfish passed off as salmon
Diners were warned yesterday to check carefully what they eat, as some BBQ restaurants were reportedly dyeing deadly puffer fish meat to look like salmon.
Published on August 23, 2007
"It's all over the country and has become the ingredient for food that normally is made with snakehead fish and snapper. Some supermarkets also sell it, claiming it's quality fish meat," said Dr Narin Hiransuthikul, head of preventive medicine at Chulalongkorn University.
He urged people to avoid fish fillets that were white, thick, skinless and sold cheaply for Bt30-Bt70 per kilo. Fugu toxin cannot be destroyed by heat.
From 2004 to the present, 115 people had fallen ill from eating puffer fish and 15 of them had died.
The most popular dishes using puffer fish as an ingredient were fried fish eggs, grilled/boiled/fried fish and spicy fish soup, he said.
Within 10 minutes to four hours, depending on how much was consumed, patients would feel numbness in the face, mouth and fingertips, get nauseous and vomit.
If treated in time, patients could be saved and recover quickly, he added.
Chuleeporn Aramnet
The Nation
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Diners were warned yesterday to check carefully what they eat, as some BBQ restaurants were reportedly dyeing deadly puffer fish meat to look like salmon.
Published on August 23, 2007
"It's all over the country and has become the ingredient for food that normally is made with snakehead fish and snapper. Some supermarkets also sell it, claiming it's quality fish meat," said Dr Narin Hiransuthikul, head of preventive medicine at Chulalongkorn University.
He urged people to avoid fish fillets that were white, thick, skinless and sold cheaply for Bt30-Bt70 per kilo. Fugu toxin cannot be destroyed by heat.
From 2004 to the present, 115 people had fallen ill from eating puffer fish and 15 of them had died.
The most popular dishes using puffer fish as an ingredient were fried fish eggs, grilled/boiled/fried fish and spicy fish soup, he said.
Within 10 minutes to four hours, depending on how much was consumed, patients would feel numbness in the face, mouth and fingertips, get nauseous and vomit.
If treated in time, patients could be saved and recover quickly, he added.
Chuleeporn Aramnet
The Nation
http://nationmultimedia.com/20.../national_30046158.php
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Do to lack of origianl commentary, this thread is being moved to OT from P&N
Senior Anandtech Moderator
Common Courtesy
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