Is Tilapia fish, kosher? ?!
I no longer eat catfish, I do like the flavor of tilapia, baked and fried- but I can't seem to find any good information on it!. please provide links if able to!. thanxWww@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
According to
http://www!.fishbase!.org/
there are over 30 different species of fish that could be refered to as Tilapia!. Of these the FDA reports only 7 are marketed in the USA
http://www!.cfsan!.fda!.gov/cgi-bin/seafd!?Q!.!.!.
but of course there may be more that the FDA is not aware of!. Generally tilapia is thought to be kosher, but with 30 species available, some may not be!.
If you are able to purchase the whole fish, then you can visually verify that it has both scales and fins!. If the fish has already been filleted, then you are on your own!. Then there is also the question of whether the store had just filleted a catfish (unkosher) with the same knife and cutting board!.
There is a helpful general list of which fish are kosher and unkosher that you can check here:
http://www!.crcweb!.org/kosher/consumer/fi!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
http://www!.fishbase!.org/
there are over 30 different species of fish that could be refered to as Tilapia!. Of these the FDA reports only 7 are marketed in the USA
http://www!.cfsan!.fda!.gov/cgi-bin/seafd!?Q!.!.!.
but of course there may be more that the FDA is not aware of!. Generally tilapia is thought to be kosher, but with 30 species available, some may not be!.
If you are able to purchase the whole fish, then you can visually verify that it has both scales and fins!. If the fish has already been filleted, then you are on your own!. Then there is also the question of whether the store had just filleted a catfish (unkosher) with the same knife and cutting board!.
There is a helpful general list of which fish are kosher and unkosher that you can check here:
http://www!.crcweb!.org/kosher/consumer/fi!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
tilapia is the farthest thing from kosher!. There is an episode of "Dirty Jobs" on the Discovery Channel you should see on Tilapia and stripped bass!.
What do you want to know about Tilapia!?
Try these links!.!.!.
http://cleanerplateclub!.wordpress!.com/20!.!.!.
http://videos!.howstuffworks!.com/discover!.!.!.
http://www!.msnbc!.msn!.com/id/25590107/
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Tilapia
http://www!.ag!.ndsu!.edu/pubs/alt-ag/tilap!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
What do you want to know about Tilapia!?
Try these links!.!.!.
http://cleanerplateclub!.wordpress!.com/20!.!.!.
http://videos!.howstuffworks!.com/discover!.!.!.
http://www!.msnbc!.msn!.com/id/25590107/
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Tilapia
http://www!.ag!.ndsu!.edu/pubs/alt-ag/tilap!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com