Catfish is one type of fish that contains a lot of animal protein. Pecel catfish is one of the favorite food menus for many people because the price is quite cheap and delicious. Although delicious and cheap, catfish is the dirtiest fish among other types of fish that are often consumed by humans. Why is it called the dirtiest fish? The following is an explanation: Catfish live in very dirty ponds and are usually surrounded by chicken or pig coops. For those of you who are catfish fans, not all catfish live or are bred in ponds around which there is a chicken coop or a pigsty. In Indonesia, many also keep catfish in ordinary ponds. But why is it called the dirtiest fish, maybe because most catfish farmers feed their livestock with feed that comes from anything dirty including chicken carcasses etc. According to a catfish farmer from China named Zhang Ri-hong who admitted that he had supplied a lot of catfish that he harvested every 3 months to markets and roadside restaurants in Hainan province, to be precise in Haikou. Frequent complaints from the community, a reporter from the local fisheries department investigated the fish. The reporters took samples from the 7 ponds that housed the catfish. It turned out that the seven ponds were all surrounded by chicken and pig coops, while in the middle of the ponds there were many piles of garbage. According to Islamic jurisprudence, eating catfish is halal. But sometimes many catfish breeders in Indonesia keep catfish in ponds and are fed with manure. If the condition is like that, then the catfish becomes like a jallalah animal, that is, an animal that eats dirty and unclean food so that it is unlawful to eat it. In order to become halal again, catfish must be quarantined or separated from dirty places and given clean food. Minimum quarantine time is 3 days. danger lurks you if you consume catfish, one mouthful of catfish contains 3000 cancer cells. Catfish is a type of fish that consumes waste. Catfish is a type of fish that easily breeds in dirty ponds, these fish can also consume waste in the form of animal waste such as chicken, cow, and pig manure, and even these fish can also consume human waste. Some time ago, news about the dangers of consuming fried catfish circulated. Reportedly, a doctor once admitted that he often had patients with swollen and infected thyroid disease, with symptoms: swelling of the lower neck, swelling around the neck that looked like a tumor, the eyeballs felt like they were about to come out, heat around the neck, frequent coughing in the middle of the night. without cause. After being asked, it turns out that all the patients often eat catfish and fried eel. This also happened to the catfish skipper in Yogyakarta, his father, wife and child experienced the symptoms as above. When the doctor asked one of the professors at Pluit, it turned out that the catfish contains a mild poison, so that if it is fried, the clean oil will turn black. So it is possible that in the body of catfish contains three thousand cancer cells which are very dangerous for the human body. Friends for those of you who are catfish fans, even though catfish is halal and not too worrying as a wise consumer you must and remain careful. You also don't know when you buy catfish in the market or in a food stall, is it quarantined before frying the fish or not? If you are in doubt, don't eat it. Or if you are sure of its cleanliness, please consume it. However, it is recommended not to use large amounts on a regular basis.