Food poisoning incident

littlejohn


Joined: 09/03/2009
Posts: 316

Message Posted:
16/07/2009 02:40

Any further feedback on the claim that the Fishermans restaurant was responsible for an incidence of food poisoning - or was it just more Brit tittle tattle??

I think the people responsible for these accusations should be taken to task!!!

I am about to visit Kyrenia and will speak with Tunny.

If the reports are indeed spurious I will assist him in taking action against those responsible.

If, on the other hand they are correct I will just have a beer or two!

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
16/07/2009 06:33

As I recollect, the Health department said that they believed it was a poisonous species of fish, rather than an issue relating to poor hygiene or food handling.

I suppose you could sue THEM if you like, or you could actually find out more before you start spouting off & waving a big stick around

Personally I think that the people responsible for the food poisoning should be identified and taken to task - you might like to concentrate your efforts on taking action against them - or NOT, of course, if they turn out to be friends of yours!

If you are genuinely interested, I am sure that you will be able to obtain more up-to-date information from: -

Ministry of Health

Lefkosa, Mersin 10, Turkey,

Tel 0090 (392) 2283173; fax 0090 (392) 2283893

Good Luck,

Keith.

fatboy



Joined: 05/11/2008
Posts: 244

Message Posted:
16/07/2009 11:01

the suppliers sent Tunny a puffer fish mistaken as a monkfish.It won't happen again.Not Tunny's fault.

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
16/07/2009 11:12

A puffer fish? You DIE if it's not prepared properly. The Japanese chefs take a 7 year course to perfect the art of preparing it correctly and even then the odd mistake happens and the customer dies!



Richard

Coachie



Joined: 29/07/2008
Posts: 2135

Message Posted:
16/07/2009 11:19

Fatboy..if the proprietor cannot tell the difference between a monkfish and a puffer fish its about time he gave up being a fish restraunt,assuming it was a puffer fish he was sent by mistake.They are not the sort of mistakes you want to make very often,could be bad for business....

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
16/07/2009 11:20

When I was in Lefkosa hospital about 3 months ago,4 people were in for "fish"poisoning.2 were sent home after 1 night.2 remained in a few more days.Are these the people?

Mike

maybemike


Joined: 12/01/2009
Posts: 188

Message Posted:
16/07/2009 11:20

ive heard of puff the magic dragon





Sharks tend to eat puffer fish and so do humans. Eating fish isn't unusual except puffer fish are fatally poisonous. In Japan they are a delicacy after the poison has been removed but eating them can still be fatal. About 100 diners die each year after eating puffer fish.

maybemike


Joined: 12/01/2009
Posts: 188

Message Posted:
16/07/2009 11:21

balik and chips anyone

fatboy



Joined: 05/11/2008
Posts: 244

Message Posted:
16/07/2009 13:03

coachie.re msg 5

I agree but tunny is renowned for his white boneless fish.All the years I've been going He's never sold anything else.Remains a mystery.?

kiwikid


Joined: 18/08/2008
Posts: 496

Message Posted:
16/07/2009 13:28

It was reported that it was munk fish that was served not pufferfish, but that the fish had a rare form of bacteria that sometimes is found in fish in the med but it is not normal. There was no way of knowing the fish was infected.

This was reported in the cyprus today just a week after it had happened.

batterboy58



Joined: 20/04/2008
Posts: 442

Message Posted:
16/07/2009 14:13

Mix up between Puffer Fish & Monkfish is a load of Baliks they are not even alike

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
16/07/2009 14:26

Sea food and sickness..Our daughter went home with Food Poisoning poor thing.on her last evening here we went to Silver Rocks,she had the King Prawns..She had the next week off work in a terrible state..I had a few.and had tummy cramps on-and -off most of the week too...







Spider,X

NatAless



Joined: 31/03/2009
Posts: 789

Message Posted:
16/07/2009 14:35

Am always very wary of eating fish out unless I am absolutely sure they are fresh, (which is quite hard to know), one bad prawn & a friend of mine had a completely ruined holiday, as Spider said above!

There was also an article in Cyprus Today last wk about salmonella at a wedding here all the guests and bride & groom who ate the wedding cake were seriously ill!

Natx

Rammie


Joined: 19/07/2009
Posts: 14

Message Posted:
20/07/2009 00:46

never i repeat never eat fish from the habour resturants . too expensive and none too fresh . fishermans a great place really good food at a good price . tunney a very dry man top bloke

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
20/07/2009 00:58

well you all eat at the wrong places. our fish comes in live and i cant see them otherwise i give them a name like lilli lobster then i cant eat it. Ozzie Oyster is safe as I dont like oysters . Its fresh alive . Im really sorry for these people to experience what they did but rest assured the doctor who trated them will not let it go until the matter is resolved. He showed me the research and he knows his stuff xxx

look2


Joined: 17/07/2009
Posts: 107

Message Posted:
20/07/2009 20:57

always eat local fish at where locals go. not at harbour

sweep


Joined: 11/10/2007
Posts: 241

Message Posted:
20/07/2009 21:47

what fish are you likley to catch out fishing on the shores that are ok to eat does anyone know as i would like to do a bit of fishing and would be nice to eat what you catch or is it to risky ???

minertor



Joined: 14/02/2009
Posts: 1238

Message Posted:
21/07/2009 01:24

Batterboy, neither are cats and rabbits until you butcher and prepare them, that's why they leave the heads on,

A fish fillet is a fish fillet. In the merchant navy it was left to the chinese to get the puffer ready for eating

bogeyman


Joined: 04/06/2009
Posts: 175

Message Posted:
21/07/2009 10:17

lillie your fish comes in live ha ha ha

bridie


Joined: 18/09/2008
Posts: 308

Message Posted:
21/07/2009 10:46

As monkfish is a scavenger, and cleans up the seabed, it is possible that it had eaten puffer fish leftovers. The weather was warmer than normal at the time, and it is possible that puffer fish had found their way here.

I see this as an unfortunate incident, that neither the restauranteur nor the supplier could be blamed for.

Have you any idea how the owner of the restaurant felt? It was enough to ruin his business totally. On the other hand, it does not mean that I don't feel very sorry for the poor tourists that suffered, and had there holiday turn into a holiday in hell, never to return.

tinker


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 156

Message Posted:
21/07/2009 11:31

Where is the Fishermans restaurant located .. Is it the one that is on the cobbled hill looking over the marina ..

girne 29


Joined: 06/12/2007
Posts: 1488

Message Posted:
21/07/2009 12:13

littlejohn

I admire your support of local establishments,but sometimes that can be counter productive,If nothing is wrong then it doesnt need fixing.

if you are going to help sue everyone who says they had foodpoisoning from such and such a place ,then you are going to be busy. What next ,you gonna help sue everyone who says such and such a supermarket shortchanged them. People will accept these things, but not being told they shouldnt mention it or it didnt happen.



This BB , I hope is not reverting to the old days ,where as regards the trnc ,the Princess Diana syndrome applied.

After she died, anyone who said she was less than perfect, or didnt agree that some potato or cloud was in her image, or that she was a saint, was in danger of being lynched.

bogeyman


Joined: 04/06/2009
Posts: 175

Message Posted:
21/07/2009 12:36

lillie your fish is live ha ha

bogeyman


Joined: 04/06/2009
Posts: 175

Message Posted:
21/07/2009 14:06

master fisherman aswell