An Anisakis worm is seen in a filet of salmon. These parasitic worms can be up to 2 centimeters in length and are found in the flesh of raw and undercooked fish. (Togabi / Wikimedia Commons) (CN) — A ...

Working with raw fish can be tricky from a food safety standpoint. Thankfully, there's an easy way to inspect it before you roll your homemade sushi.

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 ...

This release is available in Spanish. A research team of the University of Granada (Spain) has confirmed a higher presence of the parasite Anisakis spp in anchovies of the Atlantic South East coast ...

The next time you eat sashimi, nigiri or other forms of raw fish, consider doing a quick check for worms. A new study led by the University of Washington finds dramatic increases in the abundance of a ...

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 ...

Sushi worms are a type of parasite that does not get along well with humans. Starting off as larvae ingested by shellfish, these worms work their way up the food chain as their current hosts get eaten ...

[Asia Economy Culture Young Intern Reporter] Parasites were found in assorted sashimi purchased at a Hanaro Mart in Chungju, Chungbuk. Citizen A, who bought the assorted sashimi, discovered 3 to 4 ...

TB is a 22-year-old man, presenting to the emergency room with facial swelling, shortness of breath, and hives. He tells the admitting nurse that he had had severe, right-sided, lower abdominal pain ...

In the middle of the Christmas dinner season, anisakis is back in the conversation: hake, anchovies in vinegar, ceviche, ...

A lot of sashimi bites back. “Sushi parasites” have been increasing exponentially over the past half-century, according to findings published Thursday in the journal Global Change Biology. Led by the ...

A new study finds dramatic increases in the abundance of a worm that can be transmitted to humans who eat raw or undercooked seafood. Its 283-fold increase in abundance since the 1970s could have ...