No, all cooked shrimp available in the U.S. market are not treated with STPP. Some cooked shrimp may be processed from raw shrimp which have been treated with the humectant STPP, but this is not a hard and fast rule of any type.
If you desire to purchase cooked shrimp without STPP, this is easily handled via your specifications wherein you may specify that STPP is not permitted. This is a very common practice.
Perhaps some of our listserve members may correct me if I'm wrong but I'm unaware of any FDA maximums for STPP [GRAS] in seafood, although there are some limitations in other products, e.g. food starch-modified. You may wish to perform a more thorough research of your question at http://www.fda.gov.
Myron Crider
Seafood Quality Management Services
Georgia, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: Thilak
To: seafood@ucdavis.edu
Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 2:19 PM
Subject: cooked shrimps without stpp.
dear seafood lister,
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER ALL COOKED SHRIMPS
AVAILABLE IN U.S.MARKETS ARE STPP TREATED OR NOT.
IS THERE ANY FDA SPECIFICATIONS REGARDING MAXIMUM TREATMENT
LEVELS OR RESIDUAL P2O5 LIMIT.
THANKS IN ANTICIPATION
r.thilak makkiseril
q.a.technologist
atoz foods
cochin
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