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  • The ban was announced last month when a small group of rabbis decided that a tiny parasitic worm, called anisakis, rendered its host fish nonkosher.

    My Right Word YMedad 2010

  • Mehadrin recently claimed salmon, flounder, halibut and cod fish should no longer be considered kosher, because they may contain a tiny parasite known as anisakis that some rabbis claim has mutated to a form no longer permitted by Jewish law.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Village Idiot: At least here in Spain, sushi has to be frozen for a set time in order to kill the anisakis.

    IT’S NOT A FISH, IT’S A SEA KITTEN » Sociological Images 2009

  • Nematodes and anisakis, a roundworm, may be acquired from raw fish.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Nematodes and anisakis, a roundworm, may be acquired from raw fish.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Nematodes and anisakis, a roundworm, may be acquired from raw fish.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Nematodes and anisakis, a roundworm, may be acquired from raw fish.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Sushi lovers may appreciate knowing that ginger either raw or pickled commonly is eaten to prevent and treat the anisakis larvae that infect raw fish.

    THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003

  • According to Jim Duke,† ginger “will immobilize 90 percent of anisakis larvae within 4 hours and destroyed them in 16 hours.”

    THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003

  • Now, a group called Chevra Mehadrin in Monsey has declared that anisakis parasites render some fish, including salmon, non-kosher.

    The Jewish Week (BETA) 2010

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