Beware, These Are The Danger of Consuming Spoiled Fish!
Did you know? Consuming spoiled fish will bring a lot of negative effects for human bodies, but unfortunately, not everyone is aware of this fact. Some people don’t possess the knowledge about the way to choose fresh fishery products, while others don’t know the best methods to safely prepare the fish before they are consumed.
Based on these reasons, we at C-Fishery have curated some information on consuming spoiled fish, from the bad effects on our body to the way to determine whether the product is still good to consume. Learn more here to get started!
How Bad are the Effects of Consuming Spoiled Fish to Our Body?
First stop, you need to dive deeper to know more about the side effects of consuming spoiled fish for human health. An article released by Family Doctor and CDC showed that the consumption of fish with bad conditions will solidify the effect for fish poisoning occurrence.
Currently, there are two types of fish poisoning that will happen from consuming spoiled fish, including:
- Ciguatera poisoning
Ciguatera poisoning can happen due to consuming fishery products that contain dangerous toxins developed from a marine microalgae called Gambierdiscus toxicus. This algae is typically consumed by ocean fishes like Black Fins Snapper, Barracuda and Black Grouper to name some. The main symptoms of the products include nausea, serious vomiting, numbness on the skin, and tingling sensation on our toes or fingers.
- Scombroid poisoning
A little bit different from Ciguatera poisoning, Scombroid poisoning happens due to the nature of consuming spoiled fish in the form of raw, cooked, or canned products that happen to contain high levels of histamine because of improper ways of seafood processing or handling.
As you might already know, histamine is a type of chemical produced by the human body that will trigger allergy symptoms, like the face turning red, vomiting, hives, nausea, and even abdominal pains, which developed around 20-30 minutes after we consumed spoiled fish.
How to Tell If Fish is Spoiled?
The next lesson you need to know are the easiest ways to know whether the fishery products are still good or already spoiled. Some ways to do it including:
- Inspect the fish carefully, by trying to avoid fish with a bad smell, exterior of the products that are already wet and slippery. Besides that, when you are consuming spoiled fish, the nasty rotten meat-like will also appear.
- Read the sell-by date, if our fish already exceeded the sell-by date by two days, you might as well toss it out, because raw fish won’t last too long after its expiration date.
- Identify expired fishery products, if you are buying salmon, try looking onto the white lines of the exterior, you will know whether the products are still good or not. If the thin white lines still appear, they are still good to consume.
- Only buy from a trusted supplier, a vendor like C-Fishery is a good rendition in case you need high quality seafood products from Indonesia. You need to make sure to only buy fishery products from a vendor that already passed HACCP qualification.
So, what are you waiting for? If you are trying to avoid consuming spoiled fish, switch into the catalogue of C-Fishery right now! We have more than 30 selections of fishery products with premium grade quality, guaranteed for its freshness. Contact us today to get the latest information regarding our products or export requirements to your place! (Yustika)