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"bigwheel" > wrote in message
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> Hench;1826899 Wrote:
>> Specially frozen filets. Salmon, Cod, Basa, Haddock, Halibut, Sole,
>> pollock.
>>
>> My 18 month old eats them all. We always buy frozen filets, try hard
>> not to buy Chinese (Basa comes from Asia anyways but) but nothing seems
>>
>> to come from North American waters anymore.
>>
>> My meat thermometers say cook fish well done between 60C and 65C but I
>> just open two packages I purchased at Price Club that say cook to a
>> minimum of 75C for Haddock and Cod. One is product is from Alaska USA
>> and the other is from China.
>>
>> To date my kid has not shown any signs of sickness from frozen filets
>> cooked to 60 or 62 but am I just lucky and should we really be targeting
>>
>> 75 to 80C?

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> Babies and other humans should not eat fish..especially fish from Asia.
> It's full of mercury and other toxic substances. Now farm raised catfish
> from Mississippi prob be just fine.


I can't speak for all people but it is certainly not recommended for babies
or small children.