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[Marshenko]

Can anyone help me with the supporting documentation for this?  I had it many moons ago but can't find it again.

[Charles.C]

Hi Marshenko,

 

Sorry but I don't quite get it.

 

What is the purpose of freezing fish at -12degC ?

 

Maybe "freezer" = Cold Storage ? But i still don't get it.

[Ehab Nassar]

Hi Marshenko , 

 

I do not know what is the process  , some times we keep the fish frozen and use it from freezer to fryer ( like in restaurants for example ) .

However generally ,there are a couple of documents from FDA hope it meets your requirements . 

 

• Cold stores for "Freezing and refrigerated storage in Fisheries .

http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/v3630e/v3630e08.htm

 

• also there is a " REFRIGERATOR & FREEZER STORAGE CHART " from FDA  it is correlated the storage conditions with the shelf life , 

http://www.fda.gov/d...s/UCM109315.pdf

 

Best regards ,

 

Ehab 

[Marshenko]

Hi Marshenko,

 

Sorry but I don't quite get it.

 

What is the purpose of freezing fish at -12degC ?

 

Maybe "freezer" = Cold Storage ? But i still don't get it.

 

It is coming in raw, solid frozen, staying in the facility for a couple of weeks at most, and then being shipped to grocery stores.

 

Facility is too old and the outside temperature too hot (110+ F in the summer easily) to maintain -18C consistently with defrost cycles and all that.

 

Anyway, I remembered the Tompkin article, thanks :)

[Charles.C]

Hi Marshenko,

 

Not sure which Tompkin paper you refer (he published many)  but IMO any manufacturing cold store running consistently at -12degc would be a major defect/NC.

 

From memory this level is ca. critical limit for people who set cold stores as a CCP and similar borderline for acceptance of exported/imported frozen cargo.

 

Not so unusual for household freezer sections  though.