Testing has shown four out of five sushi samples bought in certain areas are crawling with bacteria which can cause serious illness.
Four sushi rolls had had hidden bacillus cereus, a food poisoning bug found in rice.
It should be at levels less than 100 - one chicken roll had a count of 600.
In Brisbane, almost half of the sushi outlets failed.......The sample also tested positive to bacillus cereus.
The most worrying sample was purchased at an outlet on Brisbane's southside with a sushi roll testing positive to listeria. "Listeria can cause still birth in pregnant women and serious infections that can lead to death," ......
It's one of the more dangerous food poisoning bacteria because its growth is not slowed by colder temperatures.
Sushi outlets in Melbourne recorded a clean bill of health but overall more than one in 10 sushi outlets around the country failed tests.
Seven out of 60 samples were crawling with bugs.
"That would indicate some businesses really need to be reviewing their food safety controls in a very, very big way," ........
And a final warning ......"We did this in the cold months – it’s almost winter. In the summer months I would expect these levels to be a lot higher."
To see article Channel 7, Today Tonight, 25 May 2010
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