RE: Candling Table for Bone Detection

From: Pamela Tom (pdtom@ucdavis.edu)
Date: Mon Aug 19 2002 - 17:36:39 PDT

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    Hi Freek and Stella,

    The archived discussion is located on the web at:
    http://listproc.ucdavis.edu/archives/seafood/log0112/0034.html

    Regards,

    Pamela Tom
    UC Davis
    Sea Grant Extension Program

    On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Freek Huskens wrote:

    > Dear Stella,
    >
    > I have posted the same question on the list some time ago and got very good
    > response from the list members. Perhaps you could try to find the discussion
    > about candling tables in the archives ?
    >
    > As for us, we tried a lot of things butin the end came to conclusion that in
    > our situation it was impossible to detect bones in our fish fillets in a
    > reliable way by using candling tables. The chance of success mostly depends
    > on the thickness of your fillets.
    >
    > Cheers,
    >
    > Freek
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu]On
    > Behalf Of Stella Stacey
    > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 5:25 AM
    > To: seafood@ucdavis.edu
    > Subject: Candling Table for Bone Detection
    >
    >
    > Dear List members,
    >
    > Does anybody have experience with candling tables (similar to those used for
    > detecting parasites) for visually checking fresh fish fillets for bones ?
    > I have heard that it can be done using a different type of light (not
    > fluorescent) but would like to know more.
    >
    > Thanks for you help.
    >
    > Regards
    >
    > Stella Stacey
    >
    > Stella Stacey
    > Quality Assurance
    > Independent Fisheries Limited
    > Phone: +64 3384 2344
    > Fax: +64 384 4650
    > E-mail: stella.stacey@indfish.co.nz



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