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Where can I find sushi grade fish in Brandon (to be eaten raw)?

Salmon is a nice fish for sushi, but I’m not sure if any of the frozen filets would specify that it was sushi grade. We did a bit of making our own sushi quite awhile back and found that the easiest way to get fish that was safe was buy a filet, check and make sure your deep freezer was below 0 degrees F, or minus19 C.  
With a temperature at those levels you can throw your filet in the freezer and leave it for about a week, that will kill any parasites in the meat, and it will be safe to eat raw, pretty sure the same process can be used for other varieties of fish as well.

The label “sushi grade” isn’t really mandated, so your best bet is to just buy frozen cuts. I’ve been doing that for a while, and if I buy cuts that aren’t, I freeze them for a couple days before using. Farmed salmon is more concerning in terms of parasites than other fish, I never eat it myself, but freezing still kills them off.

Thank you for your advice. I haven’t done any research I just heard that you are supposed to ask for sushi grade. I actually expected to be told not to use frozen, but I don’t know why I thought that lol.

Any flash frozen salmon is sushi grade. You don’t have to freeze it on your own, always buy fish packaged that day, never buy thawed salmon packed a few days ago.