How Do You Prevent Anisakiasis?
• Sushi may taste good, but care must be taken to ensure that the raw fish have been properly prepared, else they are best avoided. Avoid eating inadequately cooked fish and other seafood. Anisakiasis results from ingestion of uncooked or inadequately cooked and inadequately prepared fish and other seafood. When in doubt about the safety of the fish in a restaurant or public place, do not consume it. Here are some of the most commonly contaminated dishes to beware of: • Sushi and sashimi, containing slices of raw fish • Lightly pickled herring • Ceviche and lomi lomi, containing raw fish marinated in lemon juice with other ingredients • Wild salmon eggs • Anchovies in vinegar • Sardines with vinegar and miso • Cold smoked fish • Clean and eviscerate the fish as soon as possible after catch them, to reduce the number of larvae penetrating from the fish’s intestines into the muscles. All intestines must be completely removed and not ingested. • Adequately freeze fish to be consumed raw,
