The Notice of China Food and Drug Administration, General Office of the Ministry of Agriculture, on Conditionally Releasing the Processing and Operation of Cultured Takifugu rubripes and Cultured Takifugu obscurus (hereinafter referred to as the Notice) issued in September, 2065438+2006 did put forward that qualified Takifugu can be cultured and listed.

The "Notice" makes it clear that the fish source base of cultured river bream should be put on record, and the cultured river bream should be processed by qualified agricultural products processing enterprises before being sold.

The processing enterprise must meet three conditions: the processing enterprise has a registered fish source base; Have the processing equipment and technical personnel for river bream, have the ability to distinguish the varieties of river bream professionally, and master the safe processing technology of river bream skillfully; Establish and improve the product quality and safety traceability system and health management system.

The notice also pointed out that the processed products sold to the outside world should be packaged in advance, and the traceable QR code should be attached to the packaging, and the product name, implementation standards and other information should be indicated. The "Notice" also said "no" to some puffer fish: it is forbidden to operate live fish and unprocessed whole fish; It is forbidden to process and operate all kinds of wild river bream.

Morphological characteristics and living habits of puffer fish;

The body of puffer fish is cylindrical, gradually tapering backward, with bare scales or spiny scales, dorsal fin 1 strip, no fin spines, opposite to gluteal fin, no ventral fin, truncated or round or crescent tail fin, and the body color and pattern vary from species to species.

The puffer fish is timid and gluttonous by nature, and has two plate-shaped teeth on its upper and lower jaws. Its esophagus has a special structure, which expands to the front, back and abdomen to form a sac. When it is attacked by the enemy, it can suck in water and air, making its chest and abdomen swell like balls and float on the water. After being captured, you can breathe in and expand even when you are out of water, making a cooing sound.

A few species swim upstream to lay eggs in rivers during the breeding season. For example, the dark oriental can go upstream along the Yangtze River to lay eggs in Dongting Lake, or settle in the Yangtze River and the same rivers and lakes. It is an important fish resource in China, mainly living in the middle or bottom of water. It is a benthic fish and has the habit of migrating in rivers and seas. The diet of puffer fish is mixed, mainly feeding on shellfish, crustaceans and young fish.