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Shell life evaluation of semi-dried vacuumed pack mullet

Project number: 1998-483
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $2,471.00
Principal Investigator: Judy Tam
Organisation: Food Centre of Western Australian Inc (FCWA)
Project start/end date: 28 Mar 2000 - 30 Jul 2000
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. Investigate current production methods and their effects on shelf life eg. time, temperature of drying
2. Investigate the shelf life of the current product
3. Identify methods to extend the shelf life
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Improvement in quality of meat from frozen reject trawl-caught blue crabs

Project number: 1992-125.34
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $28,305.00
Principal Investigator: Cheryl Hughes
Organisation: Food Centre of Western Australian Inc (FCWA)
Project start/end date: 29 Sep 1996 - 18 Aug 1998
Contact:
FRDC

Objectives

1. To develop improved quality frozen 500g and 1kg packs of frozen green and frozen cooked blue crabmeat.
2. Test the pakcs for taol volatile bases, cliform and total bacterial countsand presence/absence of listeria sp. to ascertain shelf of the products.
3. To investigate different freezing techniques and their effect on shelf life and eating quality.
4. To conduct market trials on the products to discern consumer acceptability.
5. To produce as an attachment to the scientific report, appropriate copy and text for use in an industry. "How to produce...." booklet, which would describe product specifications and methods of production, including guidelines to assist individual processors to develop their own HACCP plans.
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