tamination (humans are thus accidental hosts).
> > I'm a bit confused. I thought a previous post said that freezing kills
> these parasites. I've been eating Boston mackerel liver (unfrozen), and
> perhaps should stop?

> My best, Ellie

I am a bit confused too, about freezing. Maybe it depends about the temperature?
Or perhaps it refers to what the previous post said:

|But now, as the
|iced fish cooled, some of the larvae were prodded into a migratory movement
|to seek the somewhat warmer protection of the  musculature.  Thus the green
|herring was now more likely to contain a worm."

About mackerels: I would think that the parts to be avoided are the stomach and
the intestine. So, the liver should be OK (or not more "dangerous" than the
flesh).

Jean-Louis
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