The Codex Alimentarius Commission is a joint body of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO). It develops food standards, guidelines and related texts such as codes of practice under the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Program.
The Codex...
A variety of rapid kit methods, both microbiological and chemical, have been evaluated with respect to their accuracy for and application to the Australian seafood industry. The information is now readily available for industry managers to base operational processing decisions on.
A few kits...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
Each year the Australian seafood industry exports in excess of $350 million worth of perishable (live or chilled) seafoods to Asia alone. It is an industry where value adding often means 'delivery alive or ultra fresh', and as a consequence, it is highly dependent on effective air transport.
In any...
ORGANISATION:
Pacific Seafood Management Consulting Group Pty Ltd
This project commenced in July 1987, with the cooperation of various sections of the fishing industry, including oyster growers and processors, salmonid farmers, and producers of value added products.
For each of the products investigated, the basic research method has been to determine the...
The large starfish, Coscinasterias calamaria is known to feed on commercially exploited molluscs, including blacklip abalone (Haliotis rubra), mussels (Mytilus edulis) and scallops (Pecten irradians).
The study investigated the abundance of the seastar on reefs in Port Phillip Bay, and the extent to...