A new method enables anisakids to be detected in any fish product, from a whole fish, fresh or frozen, to tinned fish and surimi. Developed by Spanish scientists, the system is based on molecular ...

Spanish authorities have issued a warning about a parasite in anchovies after three people fell ill. The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) reported a brand of anchovies in vinegar ...

There’s a kind of family panic that shows up right before Christmas Eve or New Year’s: the menu is almost closed… and then somebody drops a link in the family WhatsApp group. “Have you seen the thing ...

Researchers have estimated that Japan had around 20,000 anisakiasis cases each year in 2018 and 2019. These figures are much higher than official data. Anisakiasis is a parasitic disease caused by ...

Diners may be more likely to utter those words today than in decades past, as the abundance of parasitic Anisakis worms infecting fishes around the globe is now 283 times what it was in the 1970s, ...

Each year around 20,000 people are infected by nematodes of the genus Anisakis and suffer from illnesses ranging from gastrointestinal diseases to serious allergic reactions as a result. For the first ...

The next time you dig into a sushi dinner, the bougiest of takeout meals, it might be worth stopping to both inspect and savor. According to the results of recent research, the odds of you finding ...

MITO -- A woman in her 40s is recovering from food poisoning after eating at a sushi restaurant in a nearby port city, the Ibaraki Prefectural Government announced on June 18. According to the ...

Pacific saury are unloaded for the first time this season at Onahama Port in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 10, 2022. (Mainichi/Hideyuki Kakinuma) The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common ...