May a pregnant Woman in US Eat Sushi?

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Sushi is made of raw fish or roes.

(1) Raw.

Steven A Shaw, Chicken of the Sea. New York Times, July 15, 2011 (op-ed).
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/opinion/15shaw.html

Quote:

"While Americans tend to associate raw fish with sushi and Japan, we have been eating raw seafood for centuries — namely, oysters and clams. And it is these raw mollusks, not the fish typically used in sushi, that are responsible for the overwhelming majority, about 85 percent, of seafood-related illnesses. * * * 'The majority of incidents are due to consumption of shellfish from fecally polluted water.'

"Sushi may not be cooked, but it has, for the most part, been frozen. Food and Drug Administration guidelines require that before being served as sushi or sashimi (or in any other raw form), fish be flash-frozen to destroy parasites. * * * Most species used for sushi don’t have parasites anyway, though. * * * Most of the fish likely to have parasites, like cod and whitefish, aren’t generally used for sushi.

(2) Fish.

I live in Boston. The state has a long-standing advisory for certain people ("pregnant women, women who may become pregnant, nursing mothers and children under 12 years of age") about certain fish--raw or cooked--out of concern for mercury.

Fish Consumption Advisories. from Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS), Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eohhs2subtopic&L=7&L0=Home&L1=Consumer&L2=Community+Health+and+Safety&L3=Environmental+Health&L4=Environmental+Exposure+Topics&L5=Fish+and+Wildlife&L6=Fish+Consumption+Advisories&sid=Eeohhs2

Please read, in particular (because you may not eat freshwater fish caught in certain water bodies of Massachusetts):
Massachusetts Department of Public Health* Reminds Consumers of State Fish Advisory.

* Department of Public Health is a sub-sub-division (two levels down) within EOHHS.

Your state must have a similar advisory.


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