Mis-labeled monkfish

Saw this announcement today from the FDA about mislabeled puffer fish sold as monkfish making a couple of Chicagoans sick.

I'm a big fan of monkfish liver, but I don't think this warning or issue really applies to sushi restaurants. But just in case you have some in the freezer...double-check the source and make sure it's not this stuff.

This has been in the news for a week now, but nice FYI.

I'd thought it odd b/c I'd assumed puffer fish were more rare than monkfish.

As an aside, I never knowingly purchase any food products manufactured in the PROC (People's Republic of China); We're constantly reading in Asian newspapers about tainted food, toxic additives, heavy metals, "dangerous" to the consumer methods of processing/growing food, etc re: food manufactured or produced in China.

It's funny, the moment my Mum read/saw this in the news a few days back, she immediately phoned concerned b/c we eat so much seafood. I assured her that I never purchase any PROC seafood. Much of the sale items (dumplings, frozen seafood, surimi) at my favorite mega-Korean mart are often produced in PROC. You've GOT to read the label.

I've even largely stopped eating vacuum-packed roasted eel (unagi) b/c the majority for sale here is manufactured in China; Actually, they supply most of Japan with their "raw eel," but it's the manufacturing process I'm really concerned about.

Another (more timely) connection to the topic: the ex-chief of China's FDA was sentenced to death after pleading guilty to corruption and bribery charges.