Whole Foods Market is recalling their Whole Catch Yellow fin Tuna Steaks because they’ve got a good chance of giving people scombroid poisoning due to high levels of histamine in the fish.<\/p>\n
The press release from the FDA says the recall is for the Tuna Steaks “with a best by date of Dec 5th, 2010” and is “sold in twelve ounce bags with Best by Date: exp 05 DEC 2010 with Lot Code: 4853309157A and displays the following UPC code: 0-99482-42078-9 Whole Catch Yellow fin Tuna Steaks (Frozen) 12 oz.”<\/p>\n
Scombroid poisoning isn’t any fun. This will kick in within minutes<\/em> after eating the fish, and will give you “…tingling or burning sensation in the mouth, facial swelling, rash, hives and itchy skin, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea.”<\/p>\n Fun!<\/p>\n Here’s the link to the FDA article.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Whole Foods Market is recalling their Whole Catch Yellow fin Tuna Steaks because they’ve got a good chance of giving people scombroid poisoning due to high levels of histamine in the fish. The press release from the FDA says the … Continue reading