A study on the quality of prawns during processing in prawn freezing factories

Abstract

A st dy on the occ rrence of defective pieces of prawns at three difFerent stages of processing of headless shell on and peeled and deveined varieties was ndertaken, each in one freezing factory . The average percentages of the defective prawns together with the standard deviation observed over a period of one year at the three stages are mentioned . Correlation is indicated between the occurrence of the defective pieces at the pre-freezing stage and those of earlier stages .