Wellcome sold sushi and sashimi made from oilfish
Wellcome revealed yesterday that it had been selling sushi and sashimi made from oilfish after saying last week it had withdrawn all stocks of the fish, which can cause diarrhoea, from its shelves.
The supermarket chain said it discovered on Wednesday that two of its shops, in Causeway Bay and Ma On Shan, had been selling the Japanese raw fish delicacies made from the fish that was at the centre of the latest food scare.
It said it had immediately recalled the products and was now auditing all seafood at its stores to make sure oilfish was not sold.
Customers who had bought the affected sushi and sashimi, labelled as white jade fish, could ask for a full refund on producing receipts.
Wellcome said last Friday that it had been unwittingly selling Indonesian oilfish labelled as cod and had immediately withdrawn all stocks. This came after 14 customers of rival chain ParknShop had fallen ill with diarrhoea after eating the fish, also labelled cod.
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department and the Centre for Food Safety said last night they were following up the case with Wellcome. The centre reminded food sellers it was their responsibility to confirm what they sold.
ParknShop said it did not sell oilfish as sushi and sashimi.
Meanwhile a Japanese restaurant said it would stop selling sushi and sashimi made from oilfish until it was clear what the effects were.
A representative of the Wan Chai restaurant, identified only as Mr Yeung, told TVB that customers 'like the elastic texture of the fish, but some say it's too fatty'.
Wellcome and the restaurant said they had not received any complaints about the products.
