Quality of frozen hake fillets in the Portuguese retail market: A case study of inadequate practices in the european frozen white fish market

SEATRACES publications

SEATRACES PUBLICATION Rogério Mendes, Helena Silva, Patrícia Oliveira, Luís Oliveira and Bárbara Teixeira Abstract: The overall quality of frozen hake fillets in the Portuguese market was evaluated. Physical, biochemical, microbiological, and sensory analysis in 20 brands revealed several non-conformities. Hake was identified in 19 brands, although two mislabeled the species. Lower net weight than labelled…

Seafood Traceability and Consumers Workshop 2021

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The SEATRACES Interreg Atlantic Area project is organising the Seafood Traceability and Consumers online workshop, which will take place on Thursday 17 June 2021 and will be hosted by the University of Aberdeen. The aim of the workshop is to engage consumer-facing organisations about the latest trends and debates in traceability and to advance our…

A multiplex real-time PCR screening assay for routine species identification of four commercially relevant crustaceans

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Christian Brenn, Ute Schröder, Reinhold Hanel, Pedro Martínez Arbizu Abstract: Adulteration or mislabelling of seafood products is a major issue and a problem prevalent worldwide. DNA sequencing-based methods currently used for species identification help to reveal adulteration, but drawbacks like their requirement for sophisticated equipment, which is not available in every food monitoring laboratory, or…