Fishy food: glow-in-dark sushi in Thailand sparks alarm – ‘don’t eat it’

A Thai social media user has posted photos of a sushi piece glowing blue in the dark after she bought it from a store, raising health concerns about possible radioactive or poisonous contamination.

Sharing her discovery on a consumer interest group’s social media page on Sunday, Mild Burusskorn said she noticed the blue glow emitting from the egg sushi that she had bought from a well-known brand, which she did not name.

“I was about to get out of the car to turn off the lights and I saw that there was a glow. I wonder what the blue light is,” she posted, according to the Khasod newspaper. “The blue light was only around that piece of sushi, which I ordered from the staff as the tray [of egg sushi pieces] was sold out.”

She said she was worried about consuming the egg sushi. “I didn’t dare to eat it when I saw this. I’m so shocked. I’ve never seen anything like this before.”

Mild’s post alarmed other social media users, with most advising her: “Don’t eat it”.

One user said: “It’s very scary. I like to buy sushi that is sold in the mall or supermarket that they put on a tray for us to pick up. I will stop eating in Japanese restaurants.”