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"Hench" > wrote in message ...
> On 4/8/2013 2:59 PM, bigwheel wrote:
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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.
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> I have no idea what a Mississippi is and I asked about temperatures, and
> not toxins.
>
> Why would you talk about toxins when i asked about Temperature?


Bottom line, babies are not supposed to eat fish!