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On Sat, 23 May 2015 23:10:26 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

> On Saturday, May 23, 2015 at 3:06:09 PM UTC-7, Janet B wrote:
> > Health officials are investigating a salmonella outbreak likely linked
> > to raw tuna that has sickened 53 people in nine states.
> >
> > The California Department of Public Health said Thursday that 31 of
> > the cases are there. Other affected states include Arizona, Illinois,
> > Mississippi, New Mexico, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington and
> > Wisconsin.
>
> That's raw GROUND tuna. Who would eat that? I have never seen a sushi
> chef chop a hunk of tuna and stick it into a grinder.
>
> But I note that at least one fish purveyor supplies ground tuna from
> the Philippines.

I've never seen anything like that for sale. My Safeway does sell 4
different flavors of poke, but that's as small as it gets.

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