Blowfish and Trade (BLOWFISH Case) CASE NUMBER: 283 CASE MNEMONIC: BLOWFISH CASE NAME: Blowfish and Trade About TED Categories and Clusters A. IDENTIFICATION 1. Issue Is the evil blowfish - also known as puffer, globefish, or swellfish - in danger of extinction In Japan, eating the honorable fugu (blowfish) is the ideal of gourmet dining-and the cooking version of Russian roulette. According to ...

U. S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Centers for Disease Control and Prevention MMWR 45(19):1996 May 17 Tetrodotoxin Poisoning Associated With Eating Puffer Fish Transported from Japan--California, 1996 On April 29, 1996, three cases of tetrodotoxin poisoning ...

IA#16-20, ----Revised 01/17/97 SUBJ: REVISION OF IMPORT ALERT #16-20, Detention Without Physical Examination of Puffer Fish Note: This alert is being revised to provide information regarding an FDA/Japanese government agreement for the limited importation of puffer fish into the United States. Changes are bracketed by asterisks ** . TYPE OF ALERT: Detention without physical examination. (Note: ...