Chefs failed remove toxic elements mixed ethnic Hybrid puffer fish become headache for Japanese. A threat found in new mixed ethnic Hybrid puffer fish in Japan.
The chefs unaware physical structure of hybrid puffer fish. They may be unable to separate the toxic elements in it.
Chefs failed remove toxic elements mixed ethnic Hybrid puffer fish become headache for Japanese.
Mixed ethnic fish headache for Japanese; fail to remove its toxic elements
The experts told that climate change are responsible for production of this new generation.
The hybrid puffer fish began to move from Japan to the Pacific Ocean where it started to get involved with local Shosai-fugu generation.
According to reports hybrid species that is difficult to identify at fish markets.
Professor Hiroshi Takahashi told The Mainichi there is now an increased possibility that hybrids will end up on consumers’ plates.
The problem faced by biologists and chefs alike in correctly identifying the new species of fugu.
So that its liver, ovaries and other organs which carry a deadly neurotoxin can removed before preparation for the table.
It’s a genuine danger, because even the tiniest error could kill.
Professor Takahashi has called for new methods to scientifically screen puffers to head off potential fatalities due to incorrectly identified fugu.
Mixed ethnic fish headache for Japanese; chefs fail to remove its toxic elements.
There could be another way around the problem for Japanese diners though, who can pay up to 35,000 yen ($315; £245) for a puffer fish meal.
Chefs failed remove toxic elements mixed ethnic Hybrid puffer fish become headache for Japanese.
Some researchers claim that puffer fish free from the toxin and want the government to relax laws to allow their fish to be served with its liver, which is considered the tastiest part of the fish.
Japan’s Food Safety Commission will announce its decision in this regard by the end of the year.
The experts are blaming climate change for the arrival of the new species.
The Spottyback puffer has started to migrate from its usual habitat in the Sea of Japan to the Pacific Ocean, where it has been mixing with the native Shosai-fugu.
