how do salmon get worms in it?

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I’ve read that people are finding live worms in their salmon. How does that happen? Are they in there because the fish eat them and then the fish get killed? Why doesn’t freezing the fish kill them? Is there a type of fish that is less likely to have that issue?

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they consume an intermediate host, part of the parasite life cycle. they hatch and migrate to the flesh

usually nematodes like Anisakis simplex.

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