RE: Is "Escolar" poisonous?

From: Solorzano, Luis A (LSOLORZA@ORA.FDA.GOV)
Date: Wed Apr 06 2005 - 09:32:19 PDT

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    On the FDA webpage our Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia has images and other
    biological data for the escolar Lepidocybium flavobrunneum found at:

     

    http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/rfe0ec.html
    <http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/rfe0ec.html>

     

    Luis A. Solórzano

    Supervisory Investigator

    U.S. Food & Drug Administration

    1431 Harbor Bay Parkway

    Alameda, CA 94502 USA

    tel: 510-337-6752

    fax: 510-337-6702

    cell: 510-455-1431

     

     

     

    -----Original Message-----
    From: owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu] On Behalf
    Of William Ambrose Johnson
    Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 4:40 AM
    To: crtanco@mida-group.com; BOBFISH@aol.com; surefish@az.com;
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    Subject: RE: Is "Escolar" poisonous?

     

     

    I'm trying to identify this fish: it almost fits the description of a fish I
    know of by another name. Can someone please attach a photograph for my
    benefit, plrase?

    Thank you.

    Ambrose Johnson

    From: "Chingling R. Tanco (crtanco)" <crtanco@mida-group.com>

    To: <BOBFISH@aol.com>, <surefish@az.com>, <ronnie@starboard-inc.com>,
    <phowgate@clara.co.uk>, <jaekookchoi@hotmail.com>,
    <seafood@ucdavis.edu>

    Subject: RE: Is "Escolar" poisonous?

    Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 07:21:59 +0800

    I hear it's cheaper than Xenical and natural too!

    In the Philippines, this is sold extensively as a substitute for the Black

    Cod or Sable fish. It's sometimes referred to as "local gindara", gindara

    being the Japanese name for the Black Cod or Sable fish. I think there was

    an article in one of the seafood magazines that suggested limiting portions

    to about 6 oz to avoid the diarrhea problems.

    Problem with this fish though is its tendency to quickly develop

    histamine...

    Chingling Tanco

    Managing Director

    Mida Food Distributors Inc/Mida Trade Ventures Int'l Inc.

    Manila, Philippines

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    From: owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu] On Behalf

    Of BOBFISH@aol.com

    Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 4:41 AM

    To: surefish@az.com; ronnie@starboard-inc.com; phowgate@clara.co.uk;

    jaekookchoi@hotmail.com; seafood@ucdavis.edu

    Subject: Re: Is "Escolar" poisonous?

    Speaking on behalf of all us old folks in Florida, I have never heard of

    such a thing.

    It might make for a very interesting marketing campaign though. Just think

    of all the possibilities.

    Bob Jones

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    Surefish wrote:Funny how all this talk about Escolar really gets everybody

    "going"!

    Someone once told me that he had heard of doctors in Florida prescribing

    small amounts of this fish for old folks who were constipated.

    Mark Neely

    Surefish

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