Recently, a reporter went to many places to investigate and found that some manufacturers "camouflaged" the shelled Fushou snail meat to sell Narita snail meat, so the snail meat that everyone eats in restaurants and hot pot restaurants may be Fushou snails.
The environment of the processing plant is very harsh, with sewage everywhere and a fishy smell, and the cold storage inside is filled with a large amount of frozen snail meat, some of which even have pink ovarian fragments. If the buyer needs a third-party test report, it can also be provided, but the packaging specifications on the inspection report do not match the actual goods, and the source of the snail meat recalled every day is different, so the credibility of the report is also questionable.
Fushou snail is an alien species with strong reproductive ability and can cause damage to the ecological environment. In addition, there are potential risks such as parasites, heavy metals or new pollutants that can cause irreversible harm to human health.
A single snail has thousands of parasites
According to statistics, there may be 3,000-6,000 parasites in a snail. If consumed, the parasite can infect the human body, and then invade the brain, damage the central nervous system, and cause meningitis. Patients may have headache, fever, neck stiffness, and in severe cases, shock, dementia, and even death.
Although the parasites will be eliminated when the snail is cooked and cooked thoroughly, many people do not know how to cook it thoroughly. Moreover, the taste of Fushou snails will be very poor after cooking, so there will also be merchants who take risks for the sake of taste, which increases the risk of parasite infection.
Don't touch this pink flower
There are often many pink "flowers" at some water's edges and shores, and if you look closely, you can see that these so-called "flowers" are composed of small round balls, densely packed, and look like pink mulberries. But these "flowers" must not be touched with your hands, because they are the eggs of Fushou snails.
Every year from April to June is the season for spawning and reproduction, as mentioned above, they have a strong reproductive ability, they can lay eggs 20-40 times a year, and the annual number of eggs can reach 3-50,000, and can spread rapidly, causing damage to the surrounding ecosystem.
In addition to snails, there is also a high probability of contracting parasites by eating these.
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Freshwater fish often carry live cysts of liver flukes, and eating raw fish may be infected and lead to liver flukes, which can then develop into cholangitis, gallstones, liver cirrhosis and even liver cancer. Even drinking a high amount of alcohol before eating, or eating it with vinegar, is unlikely to kill the parasite.
Drunk shrimp and drunk crab
Similar to sashimi, crabs and freshwater shrimp are intermediate hosts for lung flukes, and they are susceptible to lung fluke infection if they eat uncooked drunk shrimp and drunk crabs. If it infects the lungs, liver, brain, etc., it may cause cough, chest pain, abdominal pain, diarrhea, headache, epilepsy and even paralysis. Similarly, marinating shrimp and crabs with wine, vinegar, salt, or even chili peppers will not kill lung flukes.
Frog meat, snake meat
These two types of animals are often parasitic with Schizocephalus larvae, which will penetrate the intestinal wall after entering the human body, or run under the skin, or burrow into the internal organs, and even go up to the brain, causing various discomforts.
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Most parasitic infections "enter the mouth", so it is necessary to pay attention to the separation of raw and cooked food or meat from vegetables and fruits, and the food should be cooked and cooked thoroughly before eating. If you feel unwell, consider whether you have a relevant dietary history and seek medical attention as soon as possible.
Resources:
[1] The snail meat you eat may be risky! Secret visit to the Fushou snail industry chain
[2] One bite it could eat 6,000 parasites! Don't touch this kind of "pink flower" by the water
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