{"id":13701,"date":"2019-08-07T11:12:03","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T16:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodhandlerscards.com\/blog\/?p=13701"},"modified":"2019-08-07T11:12:03","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T16:12:03","slug":"selecting-and-serving-safe-seafood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foodhandleru.com\/blog\/food-safety-news\/selecting-and-serving-safe-seafood\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Safety for Seafood"},"content":{"rendered":"

By choosing your seafood more wisely, you can help stop overfishing. Being informed will help you find great-tasting seafood without getting an endangered species on your plate.<\/p>\n

Also, the safe handling of seafood is essential to reducing the risk of foodborne illness. Follow basic food safety tips for buying, preparing, and storing fish and shellfish \u2014 so you and your family can safely enjoy the fine taste and good nutrition of seafood.<\/p>\n

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Follow basic food safety tips for buying, preparing, and storing fish and shellfish \u2014 and you and your family can safely enjoy the fine taste and good nutrition of seafood.<\/p>\n

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    Selecting Safe Seafood<\/h3>\n

    Fresh Fish and Shrimp
    \n<\/strong>Only buy fish that is refrigerated or displayed on a thick bed of fresh ice that is not melting (preferably in a case or under some type of cover).<\/p>\n

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    • Fish should smell fresh and mild<\/strong>, not fishy, sour, or ammonia-like.<\/li>\n
    • A fish\u2019s eyes<\/strong> should be clear and bulge a little.<\/li>\n
    • Whole fish and fillets should have firm, shiny flesh and bright red gills<\/strong> free from milky slime.<\/li>\n
    • The flesh should spring back<\/strong> when pressed.<\/li>\n
    • Fish fillets should display no discoloration, darkening or drying around the edges<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    • Shrimp flesh should be translucent and shiny<\/strong> with little or no odor.<\/li>\n
    • Some refrigerated seafood may have time\/temperature indicators on their packaging, which show if the product has been stored at the proper temperature.\u00a0 Always check the indicators when they are present and only buy the seafood if the indicator shows that the product is safe to eat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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