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Default Frozen anchovies? Are they safe?


"Hollywood®Boy" <"manny or > wrote in message
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> Kent wrote:
> : "Kent" > wrote in message
> : ...
> :: Have any tried frozen anchovies? Are they any kind of a worry
> :: regarding food borne infection. I have a package staring at me from
> :: the freezer from Ranch 99. It comes from somewhere in the Orient. It
> :: looks unsalted, though there isn't anyway to know. They aren't oil
> :: packed, and they aren't dry salted? At Ranch 99 they are very well
> :: priced. A 12 oz package of frozen anchovies only costs a couple of
> :: bucks.
> ::
> :: Kent
> ::
> : The anchovies frozen, about 2.5" in length, and are from a brand
> : called "Sun Enterprises" from a Vietnamese Corporation, "The Country
> : Flavor Corporation" in El Monte, CA. The origin of the anchovy is
> : Vietnam. I think the whole anchovy is there, skin and all. Obviously,
> : I haven't opened the package yet.
> :
> : Kent
>
> it's bait.
>
>

This is sold as an edible product, alongside frozen shrimp, whitefish, etc.
I'm aware that fish like this is used as bait