This number of Infectio includes the first report of Anisakis in edible fish in the Colombian pacific coast¹. Anisakidiasis has become an increasing threat given the extensive consumption of Sushi and raw fish worldwide as consequence of a global fad food². This report of Anisakis in 42% of the most popular fish specimens consumed in the country, call the attention also about the new health risks present in food, particularly parasites. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) established a ranking of the top foodborne parasites for control priority in 2014³. This was the first expert meeting that established which were the most important parasites to be included in risk analysis of food. The consequences are important, not only for the health sector, but also for the agriculture export market of developing countries. As free trade agreements have become a rule for the commercial exchange between countries, the only way to limit the entry of food products in the developed world are the sanitary controls. CODEX Alimentarius Commission (CAC) is the international organism that define the sanitary code and rules for quality and risk analysis in food. The economic importance of the rules defined by this commission is evident and discussions about inclusion of new controls for new risks are intense and a particularly though task inside this commission.

Research in foodborne parasites is a new priority for many countries, there is an urgent need for data about prevalence and efficacious control measures in food production and processing. Colombia, given its location in tropical zones, faces an immense challenge. Particularly, from the top ten parasites, a significant risk exists in Colombia for foodborne infection by Tenia solium (that produces cysticercosis), Toxoplasma gondii (producing toxoplasmosis) and Trypanosoma cruzi (producing Chagas disease). Cysticercosis incidence in the country is estimated to be 7.7 cases/100,000 inhabitants⁴ In the case of toxoplasmosis, many studies in meat from different regions, point out that the percentage of attributable risk of meat-borne toxoplasmosis is 26%⁵ and that risk can come from different meat types: beef, chicken or pork^6-8. Finally, several mortal outbreaks of acute Chagas disease have been reported in Colombia due to transmission of T. cruzi through an oral route and have been attributed to contaminated fruit, palm wine or sugar cane juice⁹. This panorama of foodborne parasites should increase the interest of research groups and sanitary authorities to study and to work together to obtain safe food for all.