Are farmed pufferfish poisonous? Are farmed pufferfish poisonous?

Pufferfish is a type of aquatic product with a very high toxicity content, but because the meat of pufferfish is very tender, even if the toxicity content of pufferfish is high, it cannot stop people's love for it. In the past, people mainly ate wild pufferfish. However, since wild pufferfish are highly toxic and relatively rare, artificially farmed pufferfish are becoming increasingly common. But do farmed pufferfish contain certain toxins?

First of all, it should be made clear that farmed pufferfish cannot be completely non-toxic, but they can be relatively safe.

Sources of tetrodotoxin:

Tetrodotoxin is one of the most potent neurotoxins among non-protein small molecule natural toxins in nature, and is 1,250 times more potent than sodium cyanide.

Pufferfish toxin is believed to come from many organisms in the sea and accumulate in the body after being eaten by pufferfish. Many mollusks contain toxins similar to pufferfish toxin. At the same time, there are special functions or microorganisms in the pufferfish's body that can convert food into toxins. Therefore, tetrodotoxin is the result of the combined effects of pufferfish's food and the microorganisms in its body.

Therefore, when raising fish artificially, the production of tetrodotoxin can be effectively controlled by simply controlling the water source and the feed.

If there is water source, they can be bred in fresh water, and the feed can be artificially professionally formulated feed. This will solve the problem of pufferfish toxin. Therefore, artificially bred pufferfish can be low-toxic or safe, but what is very important is the way the pufferfish is processed for consumption.

Therefore, everyone must be careful when eating puffer fish. Even if it is artificially raised, it must be handled properly and attention must be paid to food safety.