klingon 10 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 If you do, you are sick!!! Sorry just had to say it. Last chance as they are trampling down on the raw liver menus soon. The health ministry has decided to ban restaurants from serving raw beef liver from July 1 due to food poisoning concerns, and violators of the new rule could be fined or even imprisoned.The ministry made the decision after its food sanitation council approved the policy at a meeting Tuesday. Enterohemorrhagic E. coli O-157 and Campylobacter bacteria, both of which can cause severe stomachache, have been detected in raw beef liver. A research report said it is difficult to remove or kill the bacteria through screening tests or disinfection, and that liver can only be guaranteed safe to consume if it has been cooked. Operators of barbecue restaurants and other establishments that ignore the ban on raw beef liver could be sentenced to up to two years in prison or fined up to 2 million yen. At Tuesday's meeting, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry presented comments submitted by the public over the month through May 18. Although most of the 1,532 opinions were against outlawing raw liver, ministry officials insisted a ban--backed up by penalties--was necessary because there is no 100 percent safe way of eating raw beef liver. Experts of the council accepted the ministry's opinion on the condition that the ban will be reconsidered when methods to safely eat raw liver are found. Link to post Share on other sites
surfarthur 22 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 You can put me in the definitely not camp on that one Link to post Share on other sites
Enterohemorrhagic E. coli 0 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 It's great! Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 I actually really don't like cooked liver but quite enjoyed raw liver. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 I like it with some fava beans and a nice chianti Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 I don't do guts....and liver is ..guts. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 I actually really don't like cooked liver but quite enjoyed raw liver. Beast! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 I don't do guts....and liver is ..guts. well its an organ....not quite guts....still not on my menu though (unless mashed up with some heart, lung and oatmeal and stuffed into a sheep's stomach!!) Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Well...sure.... I did get at least that much knowledge out of that BSc. Honours degree... I actually worked one summer sectioning up human organs for nursing student displays..haha. On the streets though....It's .. "icky guts". Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 mmmm.....nice! If you fall on hard times, i could probably get you a job in my grandad's haggis making Factory!! Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Hey...alright.... Something I'm actually qualified for... Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I don't do guts....and liver is ..guts. well its an organ....not quite guts....still not on my menu though (unless mashed up with some heart, lung and oatmeal and stuffed into a sheep's stomach!!) No thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Health authorities here in Oz tend to discourage eating raw liver, since liver is one of the "filter" organs that tends to accumulate all sorts of nasty things (like tapeworms etc) and the eating of such organs raw could easily involve you ingesting these live - and becoming infected. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 As JA has said, the liver is used to filter stuff out and knowing that, has always put me off. Just like kidneys and doing dissection on them as they are defrosting. The smell of piss.... Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Me too. Liver and kidneys. Cooked, no thanks. Uncooked - Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 As JA has said, the liver is used to filter stuff out and knowing that, has always put me off. Just like kidneys and doing dissection on them as they are defrosting. The smell of piss.... I'll have half a pound of Urine Processor please. I'm not keen on kidneys in my pies either. Oh no. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 It's one of those things I don't think would get past the nose/mouth range. I don't get why someone would even consider eating it actually. Other than to be gnarly. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 I do enjoy eating cooked liver, its really tasty, but I can't bring myself to eat it raw. Having said that I love raw fish! Link to post Share on other sites
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