Researchers have found Anisakis larvae in tested samples of fish in Slovakia and called on authorities to step up monitoring of marine parasites. Scientists revealed extensive infection of fish ...

TOKYO -- The number of reported cases of food poisoning caused by Anisakis, a parasite that is taken into the human body when eating sashimi and causes severe abdominal pain, is increasing in Japan.

From sushi and sashimi (Japan) to poke bowls (Hawaii) and ceviche (Peru), consumption of raw or undercooked fish and other seafood is becoming increasingly popular. Appealing as such dishes can be, ...

Dangerous parasites are an unwelcome intruder into fresh seafood, but ridding them has been problematic through heating and freezing, which can damage the flavor and texture. Now, a researcher has ...

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 ...

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 ...

For parasitic worms of the genus Anisakis, life typically goes like this: after floating through the ocean in an egg, they hatch as wriggling larvae with a peculiar desire—to be eaten. Small ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...