It’s official. All those nutritionists telling you that fish is great for you and forcing cod liver oil burps to be part of your daily life have been lying!
In Hong Kong’s latest food safety scare (remember gutter oil, anyone?), consumers are being warned not to eat pre-packed frozen smoked trout imported from Britain because it may paralyse their breathing muscles and kill them. That’s pretty dramatic then!
Inverawe Smoked Trout has been recalled after a defect in the vacuum packing procedure was found to have made the product vulnerable to Clostridium botulinum.
Strains of the toxin can grow without oxygen and even when refrigerated, causing symptoms of weakness, vertigo, blurred vision, breathing problems and even death in those who succumb to it.
Although the dodgy batch has already past its Best Before date (May 30 – Sept. 1), Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety is erring on the side of caution (for once) and advising consumers to avoid the following batch too, just in case.
The Hong Kong importer, City Super, has revealed that the effected products have sold out – so get checking your freezers fish lovers.
You can call the City Super hotline on (+852) 2736-3866 during office hours, and should seek medical attention if you’ve already eaten the fish and are now feeling weird.
