From: “Dr. David Scarfe”
Date: 21 February 2013 2:46:07 AWST
Subject: AquaVetMed: Putting consuming ISA infected salmon in perspective
February 20, 2013
Industry not selling “sick fish”
Canada – Hysteria created by unprofessional environmentalists will be remembered as an attempted artificial blockade of healthy food for the general population. If the environmental community was truly concerned about the health-related consequences of handling and serving food, they would not bother with some fish that may or may not contain bugs that are harmless to humans, but rather focus its efforts on products that actually represent a health hazard to the cook or the consumer.
You don’t often hear their concerns about common poultry product, despite the US FDA’s statement that “..raw poultry must be handled carefully to prevent cross-contamination. This can occur if raw poultry or its juices come in contact with cooked food or foods that will be eaten raw, such as salad. An example of this is using a cutting board to chop raw chicken and then using the same board to chop tomatoes without washing the board first”.
Most farmed salmon are excellent raw materials for serving as sushi and sashimi- in other words- served raw.
In a recent posting, the East Coast of Canada-based Act for Aquaculture web site explained why farmed salmon from a farm where a few fish were diagnosed to contain the ISA virus were perfectly safe and sensible for human consumption, despite insistence by extreme environmentalists to the contrary.
There has been a lot written and said about salmon farming and ISA – infectious salmon anemia – over the past few weeks. It’s time for all of us to remember some facts and not give in to scare tactics and misinformation. In a world where 870 million people don’t have enough to eat (Source: UN World Food Programme), anti-salmon farming activists are trying to use misinformation to needlessly waste more than one million pounds of quality protein. That’s enough for about six million meals.
Their goal is to shut down Canada’s salmon farming industry, and fear mongering about ISA – with complete disregard for science and fact – is their latest tactic. Recent headlines have been exciting to say the least. No wonder consumers are concerned when media stories leave the impression that sickly, diseased fish are being sent to local grocery stores. The truth is far less lurid.
Here are the facts … … .
See the source (http://tinyurl.com/bkhge67) for the full story.
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