Do you have to freeze salmon before eating raw?

Chef's answer
Though freezing will kill most of the parasites, it does not kill all the bacteria and germs. Therefore, fresh frozen cod is not recommended for raw consumption and usually not served as sushi grade or sashimi-grade at the supermarket. To make (wild)salmon sushi grade, we must freeze it to kill parasites..
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Parasites are endemic in aquatic environments and infection of fish is unavoidable. In the seafood industry, freezing has been used to kill parasites..
When fresh fish is frozen, the processes of spoilage is temporarily stopped. First, the freezing temperatures stop the growth of bacteria in and on the fish. The bacteria are the primary reason that fish spoil so quickly. ... The fish should be cleaned and gutted as soon as it is caught.
The short answer to this question is no, you cannot freeze uncooked lobster. ... When you freeze and thaw uncooked lobster, the meat sticks to the inside of the shell and it is almost impossible to get out. When you cook a lobster first and thaw at a later date the lobster meat does not stick to the inside of the shell.
In general, killing parasites requires freezing and storing fish at a surrounding temperature of minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit or colder for seven days.
He suggests putting the lobster in either fresh cold water or chilling it in the freezer (without freezing it) before cooking. Both methods, according to Bayer, will "put the lobster to sleep." ... As for the most humane way to kill a lobster, "there's no absolute answer," says Bayer.
Often, if an infected fish is eaten, the parasites may be digested with no ill effects. Adequate freezing or cooking fish will kill any parasites that may be present..
The answer is yes! As long as you can confirm your salmon was frozen according to the FDA's freezing guidelines, you can eat salmon raw, and it's fantastic. ... This means that you can thaw your fresh frozen wild Alaska salmon to enjoy raw.
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