Dragon fish? Pangasius?
Speaking of these two kinds of fish, is the same thing that comes to your mind?
But today, there is a hot search:
# Restaurant fined 200,000 for using pangasius as dragon fish #
The specific punishment is as follows: the client used frozen pangasius fillets to make dishes, but claimed to be “Southern Curry Longli Fish”.
Then the question is: Is there such a big difference between dragonfish and basa?
What’s the difference between dragonfish and pangasius?
The “Longli fish” we usually eat is actually mostly basa fish.
Longli fish is a kind of deep-sea fish, the output is not high, and the price per catty is more than 50 yuan; while the pangasius is a kind of farmed freshwater fish, and the price is much lower.
These two fish look so similar after slicing that it is really hard to tell the difference between “Li Kui and Li Gui”.
Basa fish is actually quite good, and its nutrition is not much different from dragon fish. Even if it is eaten by mistake, it is not harmful.
Sounds like this is too much of a penalty?
Did you know that? It is also a similar fish. If you eat “salmon” by mistake, it may really cause harm.
You eat raw, not necessarily real salmon
Salmon tastes plump when eaten raw, but the fake one was accidentally eaten with honor, that is rainbow trout.
Learn about the origin of the name “salmon”. The real name of salmon is actually called Atlantic salmon. Because the word “salmon” is in English, it was transliterated into “salmon” when it first entered Hong Kong. Later, it was used in the mainland.
The English name of rainbow trout is Rainbow Trout, which is a freshwater fish. In terms of appearance, salmon and rainbow trout are very similar. The red and white meat is really hard to distinguish between Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout with the naked eye.
In 2018, an organization launched a group label “Eat Salmon Raw”, which included rainbow trout as salmon. This is also the origin of the dispute – not letting rainbow trout be called salmon, not only because it does not have Salmon in its name, but also mainly because of food safety considerations.
Atlantic salmon is a marine fish, and the risk of parasites can be controlled through formal channels from farming to dining table; rainbow trout is a freshwater fish, and freshwater fish are easily infected with liver flukes, paragonimiasis, etc. The risk of worms is greater.
If rainbow trout is sold under the name “Salmon” and people eat it raw, it is likely to cause food safety issues. At present, the US FDA clearly recommends that rainbow trout cannot be called salmon.
Therefore, if you want to eat it raw, you must go to a regular store to choose a regular farmed “Atlantic salmon”.
Going back to the news at the beginning, there are actually many merchants who are playing this kind of trick with the product name.
In any case, although the taste is similar and the nutrition is similar, but the product name and label are messed up, that is a big problem of deceiving consumers.
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