The fugu fish is one of the most controversial culinary products in the world. Its innards, skin, and even eyes contain tetrodotoxin – a poison up to a thousand times stronger than potassium ...

The fugu fish is one of the most controversial culinary products in the world. Its innards, skin, and even eyes contain tetrodotoxin – a poison up to a thousand times stronger than potassium ...

Yamadaya has been serving puffer fish for over 100 years. Their fugu is caught in southern Japan and airlifted alive to their Tokyo restaurants. In Haedomari Market the fugu is auctioned off using ...

Especially popular in Japan, fugu (the name of prepared blowfish ... as they contain the dangerous poison tetrodotoxin. “You know what would make this food really pop? Maggots”.

Yet every year more than 200 people die due to cassava poisoning and thousands become permanently disabled. Pufferfish, or ‘fugu’, as its known in Japan, is savored in several parts of Asia ...

Fugu” (Dr. Pufferfish ... In the past, people knew little about its dangers, resulting in many poisoning deaths nationwide from eating improperly prepared fish. Kitahama began studying ...