Potential Parasitic Hazards for Humans in Fish Meat

Abstract

The image of fish as a healthy food is the main reason for increasing demand for fish meat but there are serious safety concerns related to the presence of parasitic hazards in fish meat. The main goals of this paper are to describe the most important parasitic hazards in fish meat, to indicate the need for adequate preparation of fish meat and to increase public awareness of the risks associated with consumption of fish containing viable infectious parasitic hazards. Avoiding consumption of raw or poorly cooked fish is the best preventive measure to avoid infection by fishborne parasites.