Microbial Concerns For Seafood Products

Bacterial Pathogens associated with raw and processed seafood

* Salmonella spp.
* Clostridium botulinum
* Listeria monocytogenes
* Vibrio cholerae O1
* Vibrio cholerae non-Ol
* Vibrio parahaemolyticus and other vibrios
* Vibrio vulnificus

Parasites that are sometimes found in raw seafood

* Anisakis sp. and related worms
* Diphyllobothrium spp.
* Nanophyetus spp.
* Eustrongylides sp.
* Acanthamoeba and other free-living amoebae
* Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura

Viruses that sometimes contaminate raw seafood

* Hepatitis A virus
* Hepatitis E virus
* Rotavirus
* Norwalk virus group
* Other viral agents

Natural Toxins that are sometimes found in seafood

* Ciguatera poisoning
* Shellfish toxins (PSP, DSP, NSP, ASP)
* Scombroid
* Tetrodotoxin (Pufferfish)

For processed fishcake it's those in bold that's more of a concern.