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Eating live seafood

Human consumption of live aquatic organisms

''Girl Eating Oysters'', circa 1658 by [[Jan Steen

The practice of eating live seafood, such as fish, crab, oysters, baby shrimp, or baby octopus, is widespread. Oysters are typically eaten live. The view that oysters are acceptable to eat, even by strict ethical criteria, was propounded in the seminal 1975 text Animal Liberation, by philosopher Peter Singer. However, subsequent editions have reversed this position (advocating against eating oysters). Singer has stated that he has "gone back and forth on this over the years", and as of 2010 states that "while you could give them the benefit of the doubt, you could also say that unless some new evidence of a capacity for pain emerges, the doubt is so slight that there is no good reason for avoiding eating sustainably produced oysters".{{Cite journal |access-date = 2010-04-12 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100410184450/http://www.slate.com/id/2248998 |archive-date = April 10, 2010

Live seafood dishes

Location	Name	Image	Description	Video	China	Japan	Korea	Taiwan	Widespread
Drunken shrimp	[[File:Drunken shrimp alive.jpg	120px]]	url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817230524/http://hk.lady.nextmedia.com/articles/art_main.cfm?sec_id=3840163&subsec_id=6748448&art_id=11221716&showdate=20080612&av=NO	date=August 17, 2011 }}
Ikizukuri	[[File:Ikizukuri.jpg	120px]]	url=https://www.thetimes.com/	title=The Times & The Sunday Times	website=The Times	access-date=27 April 2018}} The practice is controversial, and ikizukuri is outlawed in Australia and Germany.
Odori ebi	[[File:Pandborealisind.jpg	120px]]	Odori ebi, lit. "dancing shrimp", is a sashimi delicacy in Japan. It includes live baby pink shrimp, usually dunked in Japanese rice wine, wriggling their legs and waving their antenna as they are eaten. The meal is prepared rapidly and quickly served to ensure the shrimp are still alive. Dancing shrimp are also eaten in Thailand, where they are known as Goong Ten, กุ้งเต้น.
San-nakji	[[File:Korean.cuisine-Sannakji.hoe-01.jpg	120px]]	Sannakji is a type of hoe, or raw dish, in Korea. It consists of usually dead but seemingly alive Octopus minor (nakji, sometimes translated as "baby octopus" due to the species' small size), cut into small pieces and immediately served, with a light sesame oil seasoning. The dish is eaten while the pieces are still squirming on the plate.
Yin Yang fish		url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6595481/Chinese-diners-eat-live-fish-in-YouTube-video.html	title=Chinese diners eat live fish in YouTube video	date=18 November 2009	work=Telegraph.co.uk	access-date=26 July 2015	url-status=live	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710021108/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6595481/Chinese-diners-eat-live-fish-in-YouTube-video.html	archive-date=10 July 2015}} Some chefs say they prepare the fish this way to demonstrate its freshness to the customer. Preparation of this dish is now banned in Taiwan, Australia and Germany.	Eating A Deep Fried Fish That's Still Alive – Huffington Post
Live oyster	[[File:Eating an oyster.jpg	120px]]	Oysters are often eaten live.
Live lobster	[[File:Lobster 05.jpg	120px]]	Restaurants in New York City serve live lobster, advertising that they allow customers the opportunity to "pick belly sashimi out of its still moving body".

Controversy

Octopuses are eaten alive in several countries around the world, including the United States. Animal welfare groups have objected to this practice on the basis that octopuses can experience pain. In support of this, since September 2010, octopuses being used for scientific purposes in the European Union are protected by EU Directive 2010/63/EU "as there is scientific evidence of their ability to experience pain, suffering, distress and lasting harm." In the United Kingdom, this means that octopuses used for scientific purposes must be killed humanely, according to prescribed methods (known as "Schedule 1 methods of euthanasia").

London resident Louis Cole ran a YouTube channel in which he ate live seafood. The Guardian commented on the ethical issues raised by the behaviour of Cole that: "It seems objectively less cruel to kill a scorpion instantly than to rear chickens in battery cages or pigs in the most miserable pork farms".

Health issues

In India, the government provides support for an annual fish medicine festival in Hyderabad, where asthma patients are given a live sardine to eat which is supposed to cure their asthma.

Improperly handled food, uncooked food, raw fish consumption and water contamination can transmit parasitic infections. Parasitic infections are common worldwide, although they are major health concerns in tropical countries.

Infection by the fish tapeworm Diphyllobothrium latum is seen in countries where people eat raw or undercooked fish.

References

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(18 November 2009). "Chinese diners eat live fish in YouTube video". Telegraph.co.uk.
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Leach, Ben. (18 November 2009). "Chinese diners eat live fish in YouTube video". The Daily Telegraph.
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Ferrier, M.. (May 30, 2010). "Macho foodies in New York develop a taste for notoriety".
"Animals used for scientific purposes". European Commission.
"The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012".
[https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/apr/17/the-man-who-eats-live-animals The man who eats live animals] {{webarchive. link. (2014-01-06 ''The Guardian'', 17 April 2012.)
[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8563705/Indians-eat-live-sardines-to-cure-asthma.html Indians eat live sardines to cure asthma] {{webarchive. link. (2015-09-25 ''The Telegraph'', 20 May 2012.)
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"Fish tapeworm infection: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia".

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