![]() ![]() Several years ago, fish products company/restaurant, Manbo, cooperated in research conducted by a Japanese professor, Prof. I have actually tasted legally-prepared fugu muscle, skin, and testes, and definitely found them delicious, but of course have not tried the liver. According to the Bureau of Social Welfare and Public Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, ten people died as a result of balloonfish poisoning between 20. However, due to its reputation for having exceptionally good taste, some people try to eat fugu liver. Since some parts of fugu, such as the liver, may contain more of the toxin, serving these parts is completely prohibited. Only licensed persons can prepare and serve fugu. Tetrodotoxin, which can be contained in fugu, is an extremely potent poison (toxin). 4, 2007 used under Creative Commons License, ).īalloonfish or pufferfish (fugu) is regarded as an expensive, delicious, and dangerous fish in Japan. Little fugu (photo by Flickr user Jim, Jan. Sayuri has previously written blog posts about testing of older drivers in Japan, sentencing of parents who kill children, English translations of post-World War II South Korean laws, laws and regulations passed in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake, the legal deposit system in Japan, and highlighted our collections related to Japanese family law and Cambodian law. The following is a guest post by Sayuri Umeda, a foreign law specialist covering Japan and several other Asian jurisdictions at the Law Library of Congress. Delicious, but Deadly: Should Fugu Liver be Served in Japan? ![]()
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