CFIA approves sick Atlantic Salmon.

[I'mHooked]

240,000 Atlantics with the Flu approved for human consumption...with Grey gills & bleeding bellies.

 

Yummy!

 

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/02/01/infected_salmon_declared_fit_for_human_consumption_by_canadian_food_inspection_agency.html

[mike rousseau]

Gross

 

Glad I only eat what I catch...

[Christopheraaron]

Gross. I'll stick with my perch for now

[chris.brock]

I'm ok with that, I don't like the thought of wasting fish/ livestock unnecessarily like they did with the Alberta beef a few months ago

 

it looks like it saves a few tax dollars too, by not having to compensate the fish farmer

 

it could be shock to a consumer who buys a fillet in a package, skin side down, gets it home, fires up the BBQ, then notices some nasty lesions after the package is opened

[Fisherman]

I think they should make the politicians and CFIA gorge themselves on that.

[jedimaster]

Its also safe to eat fish with worms growing inside of there flesh... yummy

[bigugli]

The politics of money is the only basis behind this decision.

[danjang]

I'm pretty sure a lot of foods have nasty ailments in our grocery stores. Fish we catch here too! Very common to have worms and cysts. If we only ate things that were 100% healthy we'd have nothing on our plate.

 

I would be more concerned about the possible spread of the virus to other salmonids in unaffected populations. If this is transported throughout the country, we could have a problem!

[Rich]

It's highly likely that any big box grocery chain would send that back to the warehouse for a credit anyway. It will eventually find it's way to makeup companies or shoddy discount fish markets.