Any Ideas on Tilapia Discoloration?
I wanted to put this issue out to the collective, has anybody experienced this? The fish is fresh tilapia, packed in formed trays and then top-sealed with a 10k oxygen-permeable film. Product is then blast-frozen and placed in frozen storage. This product was produced in July, discoloration was just noticed last week. Fresh tilapia is a normally creamy-white to pinkish translucent, with no color change through conventional freezing techniques. Has anyone seen this before? I did some redaction on trademarks
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That looks like dehydration to me
Have you changed films, or is this process/film new to you
When meat of any kind, is exposed to high velocity air at low temperature, you will get dehydration
Agreed, thanks Scampi
Not easy to see but IMEX freezing plastic wrapped fish, plastic quality and/or storage conditions 2 typical suspects.
Can try examine after Production / 1 week etc.