Quality Characteristics of Salted Dried Fish from Selected Retail Markets in Kerala during Different Seasons
Quality Characteristics of Salted Dried Fish from Selected Retail Markets in Kerala during Different Seasons
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2022-10-31
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T. K. Anupama
S. J. Laly
T. V. Sankar
K. Ashok Kumar
S. K. Panda
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Society of Fisheries Technologists (India), Cochin
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A study was conducted to evaluate the biochemicaland microbial quality of salted dried fishes availablein the retail markets in Kerala during differentseasons. Moisture content of salted dried fishes wasin the range of 5.27-43.7, 18.14 - 49.37 and 6.63-48.75 % for summer, monsoon and post monsoon,respectively. The study found that the moisturecontent of the fishes was above the acceptable limitsin all the seasons. A statistically significant differ-ence (p<0.05) was observed in moisture contentamong the seasons in all the fishes. The salt contentof the salted dried fishes was found below theacceptable levels in all the seasons. Microbiologicalquality varied between the seasons and quality wasfound better in summer followed by post monsoonand monsoon. Coagulase positive staphylococci wasfound in all the seasons and was above theacceptable limits of 2 log cfu/g. Yeast and moldcount was higher during monsoon season and mostof the dried fish’s average count was above therecommended limit (2.69 log cfu/g) of FSSR, 2011whereas during summer and post monsoon, thecount was within the limit. The study highlights theimportance of imposing stringent measures onhygienic and sanitary practices in post-harvesthandling, storage and marketing in order tosafeguard the health of consumers.
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Fishery Technology 59 (2022) : 287 - 292