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[Shrimper]

Hope everyone is doing well!

 

Various people at my facility are discussing with those at another facility if water should be included as an ingredients for untreated, chem-free shrimp. That is, the shrimp are wild caught, peeled and deveined, ice glazed, and packaged. Their argument is that the ice glaze - which is made of water - should be added as an ingredient. My understanding was that water was only added if a moisture retention additive was used. 

 

Any help to resolve this discussion would be greatly appreciated! If there is FDA or any relevant gov. references that would be great.

 

Cheers,

Shrimper

[Scampi]

Perhaps this will help

 

https://www.fisherie...sis-8.23.23.pdf

[sanidadexterior]

In the EU, added water must be listed in the list of ingredients.

The ingredients are listed in descending order of weight.

There is an exception that allows the presence of added water to be omitted if its weight is less than 5%.

However, this exception cannot be applied to unprocessed fishery products.

Furthermore, the weight of the glaze (water added to form the glaze) must be excluded from the net weight of the product.

Best regards