Fesikh, an Egyptian dish that made buzzfeed’s 10 Foods That Make You Sick list, is apparently grey mullet that are caught, left out to putrefy, then salted and left to pickle for several months. The fish is a delicacy served during the annual celebration of Sham Al-Nessim, and causes a few people to die every year of botulism poisoning.
Lotus Catering and Fine Foods of Toronto has been fingered as the supplier of whole fesikh mullet (salted and cured fish) that has led to three cases of botulism.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says the whole fesikh mullet was sold in clear vacuum-packaged bags of varying count and weight, bearing no code or date information.
This product was sold from Lotus Catering and Fine Food, 1960 Lawrence Ave. E, Toronto, ON, on or before April 17, 2012.