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Originally Posted by DHP 1

Would you get food poison by eating it that way?


im scared of food poison, so please edcuate me when it comes to sea food.

Had one of the worst food poison in my life eating raw scallop at one of the sushi place in downtown

yes, you can eat prawns raw. a lot of fishermen, eat em like that right out of the water. pull the heads off and eat. its great!

im going to BOLD and enlarge the following just so you are all aware. VERY important information for ppl who like to eat seafood, especially raw seafood!!!!

you wouldnt get food poisoning from prawns, if the areas that they are fished out of are open (by the DFO - department of fisheries) and the holding tanks on the boats are clean and free of any e-coli or staph bacteria. fishermen and suppliers alike abide by strict provincial, and some, federal rules and guidelines.

food poisoning in bivalve shellfish (animals with 2 shells - ie: oysters, clams, scallops) happen more often than food poisoning in other shellfish such as crabs, lobster, shrimp, prawns etc.

with bivalves, the rules and guidelines are even more strict. (also harder to get a license to process bivalves, than to get a license for fresh/frozen processing of live crabs/prawns/lobsters). In bivalves, there is a risk of PSP(red tide) and sanitary contamination. every step of processing (picking, storing, transport, receiving, storing, distribution) is closely monitored to prevent or lower the risk of food poisoning.

it's important, when buying seafood for consumption in raw state, you buy from FEDERALLY licensed and established companies(if you are buying direct). there are a lot of seafood retailers, distributors who are only PROVINCIALLY licensed and those facilities do not have as many checks and monitoring procedures for their products.