A couple was eating a bowl of raw fish and rice they had bought from a Don Don Donki outlet in Singapore when they saw a parasitic worm in it. This is a long, thin worm that lives in the bodies of other animals.
“It was alive and wriggling … What’s worse is that we’ve both eaten and [were] almost finishing it,” Jayice Tan wrote on Facebook. Her post also had videos and pictures of the parasitic worm.
A worker from Don Don Donki Singapore explained that parasites such as worms live in the sea, and they are sometimes found in fresh fish and seafood (see graphic). The person added that these worms are killed when they are cooked at 60 degrees Celsius or when they are frozen.
According to the Singapore Food Agency (SFA), people could get sick if they eat raw fish. This is because raw fish can have germs or parasites in it, unless they are cooked or frozen.
