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Subscribe to RSSThe toll from latest outbreak of salmonella-spiked sushi has climbed to 316, according to a new government report.
And that number may be a huge underestimate, since food safety officials estimate that for every salmonella infection they hear about, 29.3 go unreported. Using that multiplier, the total number of tuna-sickened Americans may be closer to 9,575.
CDC
Tainted tuna scraped from the backbone of the fish has been implicated in salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds across 26 states and Washington, D.C.
The outbreak has been widespread, with people sickened in 26 states as well as the District of Columbia, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
So far, 304 people have been diagnosed the rare salmonella Bareilly strain, while another 12 have become ill with salmonella Nchanga, the CDC reported.
While 37 have been hospitalized, no deaths have been attributed to the tainted tuna thus far, according to the CDC.
The toll could grow; illnesses that occurred after April 17 might not have been recorded yet because of the lag between when people get sick and when they report to health officials.
Agency investigators determined that the likely culprit was frozen raw yellow fin tuna, known as Nakaochi Scrape, made by Moon Marine USA Corporation. Government labs have isolated Salmonella from 96 percent of the samples taken from intact yellow fin tuna scrape produced by Moon Marine. In April, Moon Marine recalled 58,828 pounds of the frozen tuna product. It wasn't for sale to individual customers, but may have been used to make sushi, sashimi, ceviche and similar dishes in restaurants and grocery stores.
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I like sushi but we need to remember that it is raw fish and people can get sick!
Hey here is an idea, I ate SUSHI in Wisconsin and got sick (surprise!!!!!!!! its not like it didn't travel 1700 miles at least to get there 3-5 days at best after catch) but now lets sue. Hey why not just drive up the incredibly unreasonable prices on overfished species even more?
"You can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish"
Joe Walsh
"You can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish"........REO Speedwagon
**ahi tuna (bluefin), OK to eat raw, very clean and no worms brah....
**aku tuna (yellowfin/yellowtail) NOT OK to eat raw, dirty flesh and plenty worms brah...
You are correct sir.
I was thinking of Joe Walsh from his "But seriously folks" LP.
L.P.??? showing my age and some of those years were just a blurr anyway.
Although I do not eat sushi, I was curious in what states this took place, but the article does not say, except for D.C. Am I supposed to guess, or is there a llink that I missed? It's either poor eyesight on my part, or effed up reporting on theirs.
Pico, Sushi is very safe to eat, it's when the corporations ignore food and safety laws. It's quite simple. I've been eating sushi for years, like millions of others, so I'd assume its safer than you think, well that is, until the corporation puts profit before humanity. Darn those government regulations.
Sushi can also be loaded with fish parasites that will find a new host in people who eat it. That is a far bigger threat than salmonella.
I'm from New England. Up here we call Sushi "bait"
Agree with Janine. Folks here eat it and once in a while, next thing you know they're heading for the restroom. The folks who handle and serve it would like to think they are perfect little sushi servers, but in the end they get in ahurry, don't wash their hands, tools and work areas enough or correctly. This is why God invented fire and gave it as a gift to man.
I've been eating sushi for a long time now, but I also live in a coastal state where much of the fish used for sushi has been caught the same day you are eating it. I've never had stomach issues or anything of the likes. I would never eat sushi in a landlocked state because there is no way that fish is fresh.
WeThePeepsNet (#1.7): Eating any kind of meat raw is risky. Parasites are ALWAYS a possibility, whether food and safety standards are followed or not.
And salmonella is only ONE kind of poisoning that someone can get from eating sushi (and other raw meats), it's not an entirely safe practice. So, those who choose to eat it should NOT be surprised if their health ends up compromised, period (including me).
Unless you HAD to survive out in the wild for some reason, with no resources to cook your food, then I would eat whatever meat I could hunt down and eat it raw, if it meant life or dying! But NOT as a cool trendy thing to eat.
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Tainted Sushi brought to you courtesy of the GOP and the defunding of the FDA and related regulatory agencies. But not to worry, corporate America will be watching out for you from now on - NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
VOTE OUT THE GOP!!!!!!!!!!!RECALL WALKER WISCONSIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I sometimes wonder if dolphins get sick from eating tainted tuna. It would be really hard to pinpoint exactly which restaurant they got their tuna from though.
How many times do we have to tell you, Tunas, don't have taints.
Wait a minute, more than one tuna, would that be "tuni"?
If it smells like TUNA, don't eat it !!!
UNLESS it's TUNA! :)
Cook your food.
I ain't eatin' NO critter raw...fish, fowl, or footed. And damned sure not eatin' snails or snakes!
YES! Cook your fish. Otherwise it goes under the category of "BAIT"...
I don't eat sushi because I'm not a fish and I don't eat bait!!!!!!!
A master fisherman eats fish, so why wouldn't a master baiter eat....oh thats just disgusting. No wonder people are getting sick.
Q. What is the difference between meat and fish?
A. If you beat your fish it will die.
Only master baiters get the big ones. In their dreams...
Do you eat people then?
"Why, yes I do"
Jeffery Dahmer
I was brought up on Sushi and Sashimi but have stopped eating raw fish years ago. The cooked fish, crab, shrimp and other sushi's are just great. Gotta have wasabi and shoyu with it, um, um ,um. Almost forgot the Asahi or Kirin beer.
Fry your fish.
Mom told me never eat raw meat or fish. It has worms in it.
Q. What is the difference between meat and fish?
A. If you beat your fish it dies.
here's an idea: how 'bout telling us which states are affected? fabulous reporting as always, msn. sheesh.
Man discovered fire for a reason...To cook his dang food!
Doesn't tell us where the fish was from. Moon Marine is a US corp...but where do they get the fish? I only ask because is seem so often the "bad" seafood comes from the Asian market. (but thats usually the farm-raised stuff) Just wonderin'. How does a tuna get salmonella anyway?
I had a case of that. It's nasty. Scratch it off your to-do list if it's there. A friend here in Connecticut had it, too, from eating sushi. Poor us.
The infected fish was "scrape." That fish was exposed to a lot of air and risk, by the nature of the scrape process. Fish on the inside of a slab or steak is protected from exposure to air, and risk, by the outside of the fish. Increase the air/fish interface by scraping and rendering very small pieces of fish and you have increased the risk of contamination. As with any bacteria, a little goes a long way in a live and multiplying organism.
Cook your durn fish like a civilized person
Do health officials account peoples who do not have a health insurance ???
i don't eat sushi that much went out to a local sushi resturant because we had a coupon we asked the waistress if they had any regular fish diners she pointed to the diners the answer should have been NO just sushi so i ordered the tuna steak thing it was all right but ya i was flushing my guts out for several days - lessoned learned cook your food- cook your fish.. maybe some peoples system can not handle it have been lucky
Deregulation means that Big business can sell you anything they want. including tainted food
Which states? I guess that piece of information completely slipped this reporters mind.. Get with it people..
I am going to check the CDC website.
Thats a lot of raw fish traveling about
Good thing I'm an ag worker, I can't afford luxuries like that heh heh.
The list is from CDC website:(CDC.gov)
A total of 316 individuals infected with the outbreak strains of
Salmonella Bareilly or Salmonella Nchanga have been reported
from 26 states and the District of Columbia. The 58 new cases are from Alabama
(1), California (2), Colorado (1), Georgia (3), Illinois (4), Indiana (1),
Louisiana (1), Maryland (3), Massachusetts (6), New Jersey (1), New York (10),
North Carolina (6), Pennsylvania (5), Tennessee (2), Texas (3), Virginia (6),
and Wisconsin (3).
Wonder if health insurance covers idiots that put themselves at risk or do citizens have to pay for it heh heh.
We cover fat smokers don't we?
Heh heh, all adds up, doesn't it LOL
Guess I have to question the integrity of those who have lots of money in light of the JPMorgan scam and those who get a bonus when billions are lost heh heh. Seems to me the tax payers are always the ones who get screwed LOL
Eating something raw is like rolling the dice.You never know whats going to happen.
Rick-546746
Btw, since smoking has been banned in many places and many smokers have quit, there are more fat non- smokers heh heh