The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety warned against the handling of toxic pufferfish and winged filefish in the fall when sea fishing increases. There are more than 120 types of pufferfish worldwide, ...

The couple’s daughter, Ng Ai Lee, said her father purchased the puffer fish — a delicacy known to contain extremely potent poisons — from a local fish shop on March 25. “My parents have been buying ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An 83-year-old woman has died after eating a puffer fish in Johor, ...

A Brazilian man tragically died after he cooked and ate a remarkably venomous pufferfish given to him as a gift. 46-year-old Magno Sergio Gomes, of Aracruz, Espirito Santa, died 35 days after ...

After consuming pufferfish on March 25, a woman was pronounced dead shortly after she was hospitalized, while her husband, who was also treated, died weeks later Maria Pasquini is a Senior News Editor ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. A couple in their 80s have both died after eating a poisonous pufferfish in Malaysia, leading their ...

People who cooked and ate pufferfish themselves and showed symptoms of food poisoning caused by pufferfish poison were transferred to the hospital. According to the Busan Fire and Disaster ...

A Brazilian man who feasted on one of the most poisonous fishes in the world has died after spending five weeks in hospital fighting for his life, according to reports. Magno Sergio Gomes, 46, and his ...