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Deadly fugu fish flub prompts emergency warning in Aichi
The Aichi Prefecture city of Gamagori has activated an emergency warning system to alert residents to avoid eating locally purchased fugu (puffer fish) after a mix-up saw toxic parts of the delicacy go on sale.
A supermarket in the city sold five packages of the fish without removing the livers, which can contain a deadly poison.
Three of the potentially lethal specimens have been located, but the other two remain at large, local official Koji Takayanagi said.
"We are calling for residents to avoid eating fugu, using Gamagori city's emergency wireless system," which broadcasts over loudspeakers located around the city, he said.
Also at Asahi Shimbun, NPR, and Time.
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You are a fluke of the universe; you have no right to be here.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Wednesday January 17 2018, @06:13PM
I guarantee you that McDonalds food's nutritional content (47% fat calories, 34% carb calories in a Big Mac) has killed more people than Fugu. So why risk eating McD's? I know you were making a different point, but in the eyes of a Fugu eater maybe not so much.
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