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...
The Fisheries Research and Development Corporation project 98/419 An Investigation into the feasibility of producing a commercially acceptable prawn stock from the discarded heads of commercially processed prawns has successfully completed Objective 1, to develop a (prototype) prawn stock (liquid...
Survey forms sent to over 800 companies in the aquaculture and processing sectors of the Australian seafood industry on the provision of occupational health services and the prevalence of allergic health problems drew 140 responses.
The key findings of this survey were:
About half of the...