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Glow-in-the-dark egg sushi piece in Thailand sparks alarm – ‘don’t eat it’

A Thai woman bought the egg sushi from a well-known brand recently when she spotted the ‘blue light’

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A tray of sushi pieces bought by a Thai woman including an egg sushi piece that glows with a blue light in the dark. Photo: Facebook/Mild Burusskorn
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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.”

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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”.

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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.”

Sushi that glows is likely contaminated with microorganisms
Jessada Denduangboripant, Chulalongkorn University academic
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