The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety warned against the handling of toxic pufferfish and winged filefish in the fall when sea fishing increases. There are more than 120 types of pufferfish worldwide, ...

Pufferfish carry one of the most dangerous natural toxins known, and unlike most food-safety hazards, there is no medical countermeasure once it takes hold. Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety states ...

A Brazilian man named Magno Sergio Gomes tragically died after ingesting a poisonous pufferfish that packs enough venom to kill 30 humans. “Magno had never cleaned pufferfish before,” the deceased’s ...

The couple’s daughter, Ng Ai Lee, said her father purchased the puffer fish — a delicacy known to contain extremely potent poisons — from a local fish shop on March 25. “My parents have been buying ...

A Brazilian man tragically died after he cooked and ate a remarkably venomous pufferfish given to him as a gift. 46-year-old Magno Sergio Gomes, of Aracruz, Espirito Santa, died 35 days after ...

Pufferfish is regarded as a luxury in Japan and a meal featuring the potentially poisonous delicacy can easily cost up to 20,000 yen ($125) at high-end restaurants. But now, adventurous foodies in ...