Food Safety Risks in Sushi & Sashimi

The Sushi Restaurants market is said to rise at a significant rate during the estimated period, between 2023 and 2030.

- Jude Michael Raj

As per strategic key players in 2022, the market was growing at a steady pace and the market is expected to rise over the estimated ceiling.

Sushi, the Japanese delicacy, has its devoted following. The carefully curated and cooked vinegared rice roll with fish or seafood or raw vegetables has quite a fan base in India, especially in all the mega metros, and a recent survey by an online food platform reaffirms it.

So, what is Sushi & Sashimi? Sushi is food consisting of cooked and pressed rice flavoured with vinegar and garnished with other food ingredients including raw or cooked vinegared seafood, marine fish or shellfish roe, vegetable, cooked meat or egg, which may or may not be wrapped in seaweed.

Sashimi is food consisting of fillets of marine fish, molluscs, crustaceans, fish roe or other seafood to be eaten in its raw state. where they may be cured or pickled.

Sushi and Sashimi pose food safety risks due to two main ingredients - raw fish and cooked rice.

Raw seafood: used in sushi and sashimi may contain the Parasite Anisakis simplex.