IS IT OK TO EAT TUNA SCRAPE?

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Tuna Scrape

Tuna scrape, also known as nakaochi, is tuna back meat that has been scraped off the fish's bones after the filets have been taken from the spine.

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Tuna scraping is rarely sold to US customers. Instead, it's marketed to restaurants and shops for spicy tuna rolls and other sushi meals.

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But should you be eating scrape tuna? Is it safe to consume? Are there any risks associated with it?

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It is risky!

The CDC notes that in 2012, an outbreak of salmonella affected more than 400 people in 28 states, with 55 requiring hospitalization.

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The FDA traced the epidemic to frozen raw yellowtail tuna scrape from Moon Marine USA Corporation.

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The reason

Parasites in raw fish can be killed by freezing, but NPR warns that germs, such the salmonella that caused the outbreak in 2012, can survive.

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It's also not clear if raw fish that has been ground up is more dangerous than raw fish that has been cut into whole pieces.

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Food Safety News says that raw whole cuts of tuna, including raw ahi tuna in 2007 and 2010, have also caused salmonella outbreaks in the past.

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So

Tuna scraping is, at the end of the day, still raw tuna, and eating it entails the same inherent risk as eating any raw fish.

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Whether you prefer your fish scraped or fileted, you should only eat raw fish from a trustworthy supplier that you know and trust.

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