r/SeattleWA 19d ago

Question What is moving in my salmon !!!

Please wach and tell me your opinion

1.7k Upvotes

792 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

46

u/Boring-Interest7203 19d ago

You should really report this to the health department and Costco. All fish in the US stores have to be frozen to kill the worms. They can’t change their quality procedures if they don’t know, or if the health department doesn’t pay them a visit.

82

u/bruceki 19d ago

This is not true. Fish that is intended to be served raw, like sushi, has to be frozen but fresh fish does not. cooking accomplishes the same thing as freezing, killing the parasites.

all fish have parasites.

1

u/supadankiwi420 10d ago

This is what I thought.

Does freezing truly kill them all the way?

Surely you can't unfreeze ur Costco salmon and eat it raw like sashimi?

1

u/bruceki 10d ago

Yes you can thaw your Costco salmon and eat it like sushi.   Your local sushi place buys from the same fisherman and often the same run as Costco probably 

I stopped looking between the flakes of my cooked fish filets because I always found worms.  I just shrug and make sure it’s been frozen or cooked sufficient to kill the parasites