HISTOLOGICAL, PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL CHANGES IN FRESH AND FROZEN/THAWED FISH

The production and supply of fish as food is constantly growing worldwide. Various methods are applied to extend its shelf life, one of them being freezing. According to European Union legislation, the state of the food and its treatment must be indicated on the label. If the food had been frozen pr...

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Main Authors: M. Strateva, G. Penchev
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Language:English
Published: Trakia University 2020-03-01
Series:Trakia Journal of Sciences
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Online Access:http://tru.uni-sz.bg/tsj/Volume%2018,%202020,%20Number%201,%20Series%20Biomedical%20Sciences/M.Strateva.pdf
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description The production and supply of fish as food is constantly growing worldwide. Various methods are applied to extend its shelf life, one of them being freezing. According to European Union legislation, the state of the food and its treatment must be indicated on the label. If the food had been frozen prior to marketing and then sold thawed, this information must be provided to the consumer by labelling it. Otherwise, this is considered a fraud to the consumer since freezing significantly degrades the quality of fish. Histological, physicochemical and microbiological changes in the muscle tissue of frozen fish occur. Different methods may be applied to distinguish between fresh and frozen and them thawed fish, of which histological examination is a reliable method.
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HISTOLOGICAL, PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL CHANGES IN FRESH AND FROZEN/THAWED FISH
Trakia Journal of Sciences
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freezing
histological changes
title HISTOLOGICAL, PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL CHANGES IN FRESH AND FROZEN/THAWED FISH
title_full HISTOLOGICAL, PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL CHANGES IN FRESH AND FROZEN/THAWED FISH
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title_short HISTOLOGICAL, PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL CHANGES IN FRESH AND FROZEN/THAWED FISH
title_sort histological physicochemical and microbiological changes in fresh and frozen thawed fish
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freezing
histological changes
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