Seafood mislabelling is caused by eating certain reef fishes whose flesh is contaminated with toxins. The CDC states the following about Ciguatera: Ciguatera fish poisoning (or ciguatera) is an illness caused by eating fish that contain toxins produced by a marine microalgae called "Gambierdiscus toxicus". People who have ciguatera may experience nausea, vomiting, and neurologic symptoms such as tingling fingers or toes. They also may find that cold things feel hot and hot things feel cold. Ciguatera has no cure. Symptoms usually go away in days or weeks but can last for years. Because the toxins are very heat-resistant, consumers cannot protect
Eating Animals plates are the stories about our relationship with the world as represented by the people we eat with, the process by which our food reaches the table, what kinds of food find their ways to our table, etc. According to Foer, the way humans cope with and understand complex phenomena is by turning their occurrences into stories about what they mean. In this sense, the suggested profundity within the phenomenon of meat eating gives Foer’s concept of storytelling a religious undertone. As the title suggests, the particular phenomenon Foer focuses on is the consumption of meat. He discusses what eating