The authority took the earnings to the cause of the ears – the classic restaurant follows the situation with excitement

Ear mushrooms Eating has a long tradition in Finland, but now the Food Agency has taken the fungus. The agency is making a new risk assessment of ear fungus.

Food Agency’s Division Manager Sari Sippola According to the previous risk assessments, the agency felt the need to update its information.

« We wanted to look again at the health hazards of gyromitrine and find out if the current recommendations are sufficient. »

The first reported about the risk assessment of the Food Agency is the first report Central Finn.

Gyromitrine is a life -threatening cellular toxin and carcinogen in the ear fungus, which at high concentrations causes acute poisoning.

The compound is water -soluble, so by making the mushrooms correctly most of the poison disappears with the boiling water.

The Food Agency recommends that the ear fungi twice in plenty of water for at least five minutes. One part of mushrooms and three parts of water.

After both cookers, the mushrooms should be rinsed in plenty of water.

When cooking ear fungi, you also need to ventilate the space, as the gyromitrin evaporates into the air, which may accidentally end up in the body with breathing.

About the new Researcher of the Food Agency responsible for risk assessment Petra Pasonen The report undergoing a report is largely a literature review. It is due to be completed during the spring.

Probably the researchers are not terribly new to pronouncing, as no new studies have been conducted on the gyromitrine.

« We went through the same old studies to get something new out of them. »

As a new information, researchers are trying to find out how much gyromitrin is transported to the body from one dose of ear fungi.

However, according to Pasonen, the problem is that research literature is tired of the effects of small amounts of gyromitrin to humans.

“There is no good benchmark that what a certain amount then causes.”

According to Pasonen, ear mushrooms are mainly eaten in Eastern Europe. Finland is one of the few countries where mushrooms can also be sold. The Food Agency requires that the outlets have a warning mark on the toxicity of the fungi and the treatment instructions for ear fungi.

In Finland Once upon a time, Evira (current Food Agency) maintained a list of sponge mushrooms in accordance with the Food Mushroom Regulation, which was accepted because they were easy to identify and could not easily be confused with toxic visual species.

At that time, the ear sponge was counted as a shop, meaning that the authority, in a way, recommended eating it.

However Recommended for food mushrooms. Along the way, the ear sponge has fallen off the list.

« I don’t know exactly when this removal happened, but several years ago. »

This information has recently been torn. « This fungus is no longer recommended as food – the risk of poisoning, » headlines, among other things Evening leaf.

So something has changed. Do I need to avoid ear fungus now?

« Peace on the ground, nothing has changed from the previous one. If you find a good ear mushroom harvest in the woods, you may be picked, handled and frozen, but remember to take some breaks between meals. »

In Helsinki The classic restaurant in Kosmos has been excited about the bursting ear fungus during the weekend, says CEO Kiira Hepolampi.

« We spend significant amounts of ear mushrooms daily and quite a lot would have to think about what would then be invented in our classic doses if the ear sponge was banned. »

There are several doses of ear fungi in the menu of a restaurant over the age of 100. According to Hepolammi, the perch served with ear fungus sauce, for example, is the most popular dose of fish in the restaurant.

The cosmos ear fungi come from the wholesaler when finished. However, the fungus itself is so little that the Hepolampi does not believe they pose a risk to customers.

« We have some Nordic tourists who will be eating ear fungi because they are not available at home. »