Sensory quality and its economic losses for Freight Fish Consignments | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries | ||
| Article 52, Volume 25, Issue 5, September and October 2021, Pages 893-900 PDF (570.84 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejabf.2021.207405 | ||
| Author | ||
| Abdelrahman H .A. et al. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Fish, in international commerce, constitute an important food commodity due to the increasing demand for protein with high biological value. This study was conducted to evaluate the sensory quality of air freight fish at Kuwait Airport during a period from January 2019 to April 2020. The number of fish consignments reached 37193 packages, with a total weight of 7462332 kg. Considering source (A), zobaidy fish (Stromateus linnaeus) was imported with 251640 kg, while the imports of shrimp (Peneaus japonicus) were 8872 kg. For source (B), Arabian grouper reached 131760 kg; green snapper represented 50760 kg; imported small grouper was 9720kg; sobaity bream was imported with 39240 kg; red snapper with 96840kg; carnax with 135720 kg, and Spanish mackerel with 4100 kg. While, in the source (C), the imported grey mullet was 13680 kg. Fish packages were rejected based on the sensory criteria, such as odour, secretions, and rigidity, besides gills and eye characteristics. The rejected packages of zobaidy fish were 2096 (16.7 %); those of the Arabian grouper was 1941(29.5%); of green snapper was 253(10.0%); of small grouper was 46(8.2%); of sobaity bream was 18(1%), of red snapper was 36(0.7%), of caranx was 66 (1%), of Spanish mackerel was 26(6.5%), and of the grey mullet was 48(7.0%). With respect to sources, the rejected fish packages from source A were 2229; from source, B were 2380, and from source, C was 48. The total economic losses from different sources during the study period reached 571200 KD. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Sensory quality; Air freight fish; Consignment; Fish spoilage; Ice chilled fish | ||
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