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numbskull · 11-10-2010, 02:42 PM

Well, Ken, add another mistake to your list.

I called the MA state Dept of Public health and was connected to the head of the food lab.

State fisheries (ie the DMF) will grind up a whole fish when they want to investigate total toxin burden in the fish for fish biology reasons. This process (and the DMF itself) has NOTHING to do with testing for toxins that are harmful for human consumption.

That testing is done by the state DPH and the FDA. Unless the fish is eaten whole...such as anchovies....the policy is to fillet the fish, homogenize the fillet, and test only the edible flesh.

Now I realize that some people with really big mouths may eat 40lb bass whole, but it is not the standard practice so the DPH and FDA do not test fish that way.

I hope you find this helpful and cease spreading misinformation that will give people a false sense of security when they eat striped bass.

11-10-2010, 02:42 PM	#6
numbskull Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master iTrader: (0) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: over the hill Posts: 6,682	Well, Ken, add another mistake to your list. I called the MA state Dept of Public health and was connected to the head of the food lab. State fisheries (ie the DMF) will grind up a whole fish when they want to investigate total toxin burden in the fish for fish biology reasons. This process (and the DMF itself) has NOTHING to do with testing for toxins that are harmful for human consumption. That testing is done by the state DPH and the FDA. Unless the fish is eaten whole...such as anchovies....the policy is to fillet the fish, homogenize the fillet, and test only the edible flesh. Now I realize that some people with really big mouths may eat 40lb bass whole, but it is not the standard practice so the DPH and FDA do not test fish that way. I hope you find this helpful and cease spreading misinformation that will give people a false sense of security when they eat striped bass.