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Quality control of various shellfish using electrical stimulation.

Author(s) : BOTTA J. R., KICENIUK J. W.

Type of article: Article

Summary

To guarantee quality, shellfish must be kept alive until just before they are packaged. In Canada and Norway, it is against sanitary regulations to package shellfish which are not alive. A new method using electricity has been developed to determine if lifeless-looking shellfish are, in fact, still alive, and thus eligible for processing. Used at first for snow crabs, the method is now commonly used by the Canadian Department of Fisheries on lobsters and mussels.

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  • Original title: Quality control of various shellfish using electrical stimulation.
  • Record ID : 1995-0331
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Infofish int. - n. 6
  • Publication date: 1993/11
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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