The image of fish as a healthy food is the main reason for increasing demand for fish meat but there are serious safety concerns
related to the presence of parasitic hazards in fish meat. The main goals of this paper are to describe the most important parasitic
hazards in fish meat, to indicate the need for adequate preparation of fish meat and to increase public awareness of the risks
associated with consumption of fish containing viable infectious parasitic hazards. Avoiding consumption of raw or poorly
cooked fish is the best preventive measure to avoid infection by fishborne parasites