A colleague of mine has asked me about green material found in canned sardines. I have not seen the affected product so can not give a more detailed description than to say that it was 'dressed' (headed and tailed). I presume this meant that it should have been gutted at the same time. The manufacturer of the product put it down to a condition he called 'green feed' and attributed to heavy feeding on plankton.
Has anyone come across this condition and are their any safety implications or is it a quality issue?
Richard Chivers
Fisheries Consultant
Seafood Audit International
44 (0) 1823 666666
www.fishonline.co.uk
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