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Can you eat shrimp that smells like ammonia?

Asked: Tommy D, Last Updated:

You should avoid eating anything that is not palatable. Ammonia like smell in shrimp means that the shrimp in question had not been fresh and the protein in shrimp had undergone putrefaction, a process by which the protein of the shrimp is broken down into amines by bacteria.

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