What reduction in parasite likelihood does the speaker claim for farm-raised salmon?

Joy Kong, MDRegenerative Medicine Physician, Educator, and Entrepreneur

The Salmon Queen on the BEST Salmon for Sushi

18 Nov 2024 · 1 min

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Short excerpt from a YouTube video ("The Salmon Queen on the BEST Salmon for Sushi") by Joy Kong, MD, discussing why sushi restaurants typically use farm-raised salmon. The speaker states farm-raised salmon are heavily regulated and tested, and claims they are "about 98% less likely to have any sort of parasites" because farms remove parasitic fish and routinely test stocks.

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About 98% less likely (as stated by the speaker).

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And when you go to sushi, let's be real, all the salmon is farm raised. And the reason why is because farm raised salmon is, I want to say, 98% less likely to have any sort of parasites in it because it's so heavily regulated that people who work at the farms know if there's a parasitic fish to get rid of it. But typically, they're testing their fish all the time so that there's usually not any parasites to be seen. They.