Is mitten crab safe and healthy to eat?
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Skyscraper crab may contain high levels of contaminants such as dioxins. If you eat mitten crab, you will quickly exceed the limit that is considered safe. It is therefore better for your health not to eat, or as little as possible, mitten crab. For small children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, the advice is not to eat a mitten crab at all. Skyscraper crab is mainly eaten by people in the Chinese community.
Why can eating mitten crab be harmful?
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Mitten crabs can contain contaminants such as dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). If you eat mitten crab, it can affect the immune system, nervous system, thyroid gland and fertility in the long term. Thus, reduced sperm quality is observed in men.
What is dioxin?
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Dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are harmful substances. They can also end up in our food through the environment. Skyscraper crab is one of the products in which many dioxins are found.
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Is there a limit value for dioxins?
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The European Food Safety Authority EFSA set a new health-based limit value for dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs for humans in 2018. This is much stricter than before. This has been done on the basis of new studies.
Is there a lot of dioxin in mitten crab?
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Research shows that mitten crabs contain a relatively large amount of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs. The mitten crab digs into the bottom of the river or other freshwater in search of food. Harmful substances that are present in the river bottom due to pollution, such as dioxins, can accumulate in the body of the mitten crab and are mainly in the flesh of the body. If you eat mitten crab it can have an adverse effect on your health.
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Is mitten crab in the Netherlands?
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The Chinese mitten crab has been found in the Netherlands since the 1930s. The larvae of the mitten crab were accidentally transported by ship from China and probably spread through the port of Rotterdam.
What is the advice of the Nutrition Center?
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The Nutrition Center advises not to eat, or as little as possible, mitten crab. For small children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, the advice is not to eat a mitten crab at all. Children are more at risk because they have a lower body weight and therefore consume more dioxins when they eat mitten crab. This also applies to the unborn or newborn child that can ingest dioxins via the mother. Eating mitten crab will not immediately lead to complaints. However, if you eat it more often, long-term adverse health effects cannot be ruled out.
Why can eating mitten crab be harmful?
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Mitten crab can contain contaminants such as dioxins
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Is there a limit value for dioxins? The European Food Safety Authority EFSA set a new health-based limit value for dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs for humans in 2018. This is much stricter than before. This has been done on the basis of new studies.
Is there a lot of dioxin in mitten crab?
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Research
Is mitten crab in the Netherlands?
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The Chinese mitten crab has been found in the Netherlands since the 1930s.
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Who eat mitten crab? As far as is known, the mitten crab in the Netherlands is only eaten by people of Asian, especially Chinese, descent. As far as is known, it is not on the menu of Asian or Chinese restaurants.
What is the advice of the Nutrition Center?
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The Nutrition Center advises not to eat, or only exceptionally, mitten crabs. For small children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, the advice is not to eat a mitten crab at all. Children are more at risk because they have a lower body weight and therefore consume more dioxins when they eat mitten crab. This also applies to the unborn or newborn child who can ingest dioxins via the mother. Eating mitten crab will not immediately lead to complaints. However, if you eat it more often, long-term adverse health effects cannot be ruled out.
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