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At least, not unless you're absolutely 100% positively certain that it's actually not a puffer fish that was mislabeled as monkfish.
Two people in the Chicago area became seriously ill after eating homemade soup containing the mislabeled monkfish. The FDA analyzed the fish and confirmed that the fish, which was actually puffer fish, contained tetrodotoxin, a poison. If you have monkfish in your refrigerator or freezer, the FDA says to throw it out. In the meantime, the FDA is examining all imports from the Chinese company that supplied the mislabeled fish, and will take additional action, if needed.
