You know how prawns can easily give people food poisoning? Is this because they are not cooked enough before

Question

eating or is it that they are cooked ok but then left too long? Or is it because they were too old when cooked? When prawns are not cooked with oven heat, but they are mariinated in lemon and then eaten, is that the equivalent of oven heat when it comes to killing any potential food poisoning? Also, when you are at a small island in the ocean surrounded by hundreds of moored boats whose onboard toilets empty into the sea, is it safe to eat seafood that is caught in that area either after it has been oven cooked or mariinated in lemon? Is it safe to swim there?

Answer 1

Whew - alot of questions, but here goes: No; No; Probably; No; Yes - if cooked, but not if marinated; & finally hell no - swim in clean water!!

Answer 2

No it's not the cooking process it is the bacteria that makes a person sick. Always buy fresh prawns smell them first if they smell old fishy don't buy them. But if they smell fresh like the salted ocean then they are ok. Also when buying any of the fishes ask to smell first and look at the eyes they should not be sunken so far into the fish head they should be clear and bulged like normal. Most fish mongers will allow you to smell first.

Answer 3

They spoil quickly when raw. The toxins from food poisoning germs remain after cooking.

Filter feeders (not prawns, clams, oysters, etc) can also concentrate pathogens filtered from ocean water.

The source for the seafood and how carefully it was handled are important. They may get their seafood shipped in by ferried truck for all you know. They may also be caught offshore in areas distant enough to avoid the risk in a local marina.


Avoid swimming in sewage, avoid food caught in sewage, and avoid uncooked seafood.

Answer 4

ummmmmmm
well all I know(sorry this isn't very helpful) is that when you pierce a prawn, and blood comes out then it's dangerous to eat them. You should always cook your prawns carefully. . . and for your second last question - make sure they've been washed, cleaned and cooked properely.. . .
For your last question - nooooo!
P.S I think that the sealife there might mutate. . . .

Answer 5

hm... all i can say is its not safe to eat seafood anymore, what i mean is that alots of waste were released mostly by factories, domestic uses and etc. will flow through the river and eventually to the sea, and the seafood is most likely to be contaminated, thus these bacteria-infested seafood is being 'fished up' and sent to the factories to process their bodies, blah blah blah, and ends up in our mouth. Finally, we get sick and (less likely) die.

Answer 6

Seafood is not under the inspection laws of other foods; therefore, it can cause food poisoning more easily.

Answer 7

Blaaaaaaaaaaa!

Answer 8

prawns are big shrimp =shrimp are scavengers
they eat garbage
don't eat shrimp

Answer 9

yes.