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Posted on 05/24/2007 2:13:56 PM PDT by ears_to_hear
WASHINGTON — A frozen product labeled monkfish distributed in three states is being recalled after two Chicago area people became ill after eating it, the importer announced Thursday.
Hong Chang Corporation of Santa Fe Springs, Calif., said it is recalling the product labeled as monkfish because it may contain tetrodotoxin, a potent toxin.
While the frozen fish imported from China was labeled monkfish, the company said it is concerned that it may be pufferfish because this toxin is usually associated with certain types of pufferfish.
Eating foods containing tetrodotoxin can result in life-threatening illness or death and the toxin cannot be destroyed by cooking or freezing.
The company said two people in the Chicago area became ill after eating soup containing the fish. Analysis by the Food and Drug Administration confirmed the presence of the toxin.
Some 282 22-pound boxes of the fish were distributed to wholesalers in Illinois, California and Hawaii, according to the company beginning in September. The fish was sold in retail stores, restaurants and cash and carry stores in these regions.
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The dark side of unregulated free trade. We don’t inspect the imports and under the WTO they still get the seal of approval.
Egads. "Concerned" that it's pufferfish? Like they don't know? This is the fish that the Japanese who like near-death experiences eat. It's prepared by special chefs who know how to clean it, but I guess every so often, one of them goofs up and doesn't get all the toxin out. Apparently that's one of the thrills of eating it, if you're a wealthy Japanese businessman.
There's no way the Chinese company could not have known this.
Imagine that — a food item from China that isn’t what it is supposed to be. I wouldn’t eat anything from there.
What a strange coincidence. I was on Anthony Bourdain’s website reading some of his travel adventures. He mentioned going to a sushi place in Japan that specialized in fugo and commented on how similar to monkfish it looked and felt.
Not so fast (but nice knee-jerk reaction). If the U.S. is not inspecting these imports, it's because the U.S. is not inspecting these imports. The WTO has nothing to do with it.
Exactly, we have no way of knowing where individual ingredients in a food come from.
I live in Florida, if I order shrimp in a restaurant, it probably came from China or Thailand.
The WTO is making us buy fish? How does that work, exactly?
Why don’t we just rename Chinese import fish. “Dupefish”?
I am just so hungry now. Thanks to our wonderful US government looking out for us, we can all get sick and die!
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A voice of reason from the wilderness.
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Were you cooking fish tonight? LOL!
More toxic crap from China. This is really getting out of hand, folks.
That is the problem. I do tend to check labels on products I’m not sure of; but the country of origin information isn’t always there. And we don’t know what ingredients of domestic products might be imported — as with the pet food. The country of origin information needs to be required and universal. If I see China, I’m not eating it. I don’t have anything against the Chinese people, but I don’t think much of Communist Chinese manufacturing practices in regard to food.
No, I’ll go to Kentucky or Tennessee and fish without the help of a Chinaman. At least for the moment.
Haven’t bought anything with wheat or rice gluten in it since the poisonings came to light. Used to eat at Chinese restaurants at least 3-4 times a month, but they are also off limits.
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