Tori:
While there are many species of gadoid fish called "hake," I am sure that
they all feed on shrimp at some point in their life cycle. While I haven't
made many observations of hake, I've seen other species of groundfish
landed from both the off shore and inshore fisheries at Atlantic Canadian
fish processing plants in which the fish have shrimp hanging from their
mouths. Presumably these fish also have shrimp in their bellies. I am
certain that Atlantic Canadian fishery and fish plants are not unique from
this perspective. It happens worldwide.
This begs the more general HACCP question. Practically speaking, where is
the critical point in groundfish processing at which we must be sure to
separate the different seafood allergens to protect consumers with these
kinds of seafood allergies? I don't think there's an easy answer.
Comments?
Steve Saunders
High Liner Foods Inc. Box 910, Lunenburg NS B0J 2C0 Canada
Telephone 902-634-8811 Fax 902-634-4481
http://www.highlinerfoods.com
----- Message from "Tori Stivers" <tstivers@uga.edu> on Mon, 9 Feb 2004
14:58:02 -0500 -----
To: <seafood@ucdavis.edu>
Subject: hake diet and shrimp allergy
Hello seafood experts. I'm hoping you can provide me with some insight on
the diet and processing of hake.
Do hake feed on shrimp?
Are the contents of a fish's stomach likely to make it through the cleaning
process in commercially available fish?
I'm asking these questions on behalf of a woman who is allergic to shrimp
and has also reacted to hake. She read that hake feed on shrimp and
wondered if she was reacting to shrimp in the hake's stomach which
contaminates the flesh instead of the hake itself.
She also heard that some farm grown catfish are fed shrimp. Is that true?
Tori L. Stivers
Seafood Specialist
Office of Seafood Education & Marketing
UGA Marine Extension Service
313 Dividend Drive, Suite 102
Peachtree City, GA 30269-1990
voice: 770/460-2506 FAX: 770/460-2507
e-mail: tstivers@uga.edu
web site: www.uga.edu/seafood
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