THE positive health effects achieved by eating fish, including farmed salmon, far outweigh any negative effects from eating fish, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority Mattilsynet state on their website in reaction to the recent negative reports about Norwegian farmed salmon. “The Norwegian Food Safety Authority does not issue advice on food safety on their own. Evaluations both from WHO and the European Food Safety Authority EFSA are taken into account before we advise consumers that it is safe to eat Norwegian farmed salmon, the Director for consumer affairs at Mattilsynet, Kari Bryhni said. The extensive press coverage recently on possible dangers from eating Norwegian farmed salmon have caused many to worry. “Our greatest concern in this matter is that consumers will be frightened away from eating salmon because some people chose to focus on the negative consequences only, which are the residues of unwanted substances in the fish. In their quest for a big story such people choose to overlook the well documented health benefits from regular intake of fish, Bryhni said. She also underlined that the advice on food safety is regularly re-evaluated. WHO and EFSA regularly assess such matters in light of new knowledge as do several scientific communities. “The Norwegian Food Safety Authority considers it very important to obtain new knowledge as this is the only way to maintain our credibility. However, we are looking to well renowned, established scientific environments for such new knowledge. We do not give advice based on recommendations from someone who happens to have an opinion, Bryhni said. The Norwegian scientific committee for Food Safety is about to conclude on a general risk-benefit evaluation on fish, where both the positive and negative effects of seafood will be considered. This evaluation is similar to evaluations already carried out by EFSA, as well as British and Danish food safety authorities. These results are completely in line with recommendations from The Norwegian Food Safety Authority, which recommends eating both salmon and other fatty fish on a weekly basis.
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