OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - May 1, 2013) - Health Canada is reminding Canadians that the consumption of certain whole salted fish products like fesikh, a traditional dish in the Egyptian community ...

A long time ago, the idea of eating fish that may be rotten disturbed me. But every year on Sham al-Nessim, like many Egyptian families, that’s what we did at family gatherings, and then throughout ...

Egyptians celebrate Sham el-Nessim each year by eating fesikh, herring, and salted fish, being one of the manifestations of the day’s celebrations. However, doctors have again warned against eating ...

Just across the street from Sayeda Zeinab Mosque in Old Cairo, your nose will detect before your eyes the small shop of Shaheen, which sells all types of salted fish, such as fesikh, salted herring ...

As Eid Al-Fitr approaches, the Ministry of Health has seriously warned kidney patients to refrain from consuming fesikh and renga fish (traditional Egyptian dishes known for their high salt content).

Three cases of illness – apparently botulism – have prompted Canadian health authorities to recall fermented mullet called fesikh from a specific supplier in Ontario and to warn the public not to eat ...

CAIRO — Every year on the day of the spring festival Shem el-Nessim, Egyptians are rushed to the hospital after eating the traditional delicacy of fermented (sometimes rotten) fish, or fesikh. The ...

CAIRO, April 21 (Xinhua) -- As dawn breaks on Orthodox Easter Monday, Egyptians of all faiths gather in parks, on balconies, and along riverbanks, clutching plates of fesikh -- a pungent, fermented ...

A worker arranges salted fish at a factory in Port Said, Egypt, on April 19, 2025. As dawn breaks on Orthodox Easter Monday, Egyptians of all faiths gather in parks, on balconies, and along riverbanks ...