One death will kill the fish trade

Foreign untrained labourers were told to slicing the tail portion of the pufferfish, below its abdomen, missing out the stomach, to secure the fillets. This act can be dangerous if the internal organs and other poison parts of the fish rupture and contaminate the meat.

IT was very alarming to read the report “Something fishy on your plate” (The Star, July 3) which reported that puffer fish fillets are being sold to the unsuspecting public.

The Ministry of Health must enact a law to ban the use of puffer fish fillets in the making of fish balls and other products like yong tau foo, which makes use of fish paste.