Re: 'Green feed' in sardines

From: Ronald Hoelzer (rsardine@acadia.net)
Date: Wed Nov 01 2000 - 06:29:04 PST

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    Ron Hoelzer
    MFTA

    Richard Chivers wrote:

    > 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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