What’s worse than finding a worm in your apple? How about 1,000 in your sushi?
Brazilian scientists found that nearly all the tuna fish in a recent haul were contaminated by worms, sparking fears that our sashimi could be a parasite playground.
“These results highlight the importance of sanitary inspection,” warned the researchers in the a-raw-calyptic study published in the journal Ocean and Coastal Research.
The scientists, who hailed from the Federal University of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil, reportedly analyzed 53 locally-caught skipjack tuna — a popular commercial species — using powerful microscopes.
They finding that a whopping 96…
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