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Posted 24 January 2013 - 04:23 PM

Is fish bone a potential hazard/risk for canned tuna?


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Posted 24 January 2013 - 09:14 PM

This is not my area of expertise but i suppose you could call it a hazard and the control measure would be the high heat sterilization process from what ive read.

http://chickenofthesea.com/faq.aspx


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http://www.fao.org/d...3e/y4743e0k.htm



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Posted 25 January 2013 - 01:16 AM

Is fish bone a potential hazard/risk for canned tuna?


Dear javy,

Apparently not a significant one based on this comment -

Bones are occasionally present in canned tuna, although every effort is made to remove them. Highly trained personnel trim the loins entirely by hand. After this process, the loins are inspected several times for the presence of bones that may have been missed. On occasion, however, a bone is embedded in the loin and may be overlooked. The high heat sterilization process, after the fish has been canned, will normally soften them to the point where they will easily crumble.

http://chickenofthesea.com/faq.aspx

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Posted 28 January 2013 - 12:45 PM

Pin bones are typically considered a hazard but not usually a critical issue. Warnings are usually carried on packaged fish products where pin bones may be present. Under normal use of the product by the consumer there is usually a understanding that fish may contain some fish bones which can form part of the hazard analysis.


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Posted 28 January 2013 - 02:10 PM

Pin bones are typically considered a hazard but not usually a critical issue. Warnings are usually carried on packaged fish products where pin bones may be present. Under normal use of the product by the consumer there is usually a understanding that fish may contain some fish bones which can form part of the hazard analysis.

George


Dear George,

It depends on the case but some (large) fish HACCP plans use an (old) concept (US originated AFAIK) of a "dangerous bone size" (> CCP)(ie not capable of fitting within a circle of specified diameter). Idea was probably extrapolated from the metal, etc literature. Not sure if any actual validatory data exists though.

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PS - I must say that from memory i hv never knowingly encountered a bone in canned tuna chunks. :thumbup:

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