Effect of cold chain in preserving fishery products

Authors

  • Delcis Milenia Rodríguez Estudiante de Ingeniería en Ciencias Acuícolas y Recursos Marino Costeros, CURLP-UNAH
  • Jorge Humberto Cárcamo Estudiante de Ingeniería en Ciencias Acuícolas y Recursos Marino Costeros, CURLP-UNAH
  • Edgar Osiris Carranza Espinal Asesor, Departamento de Acuicultura y Biología Marina, CURLP-UNAH

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5377/pc.v6i0.1845

Keywords:

cold chain, traditional method, fishery products

Abstract

In Honduras the fishing is done on the Caribbean coast and the Pacific, the biggest winner is the intermediary and establishing a low purchase price of fishery products with artisanal and perform the handling of products without proper hygiene measures and conservation. The aquaculture industry used as a quality indicator minimal presence of bacteria such as Escherichia coli and total coliforms, to minimize the presence of these bacteria industry uses the cold chain. There is a lack of a study to determine the effect of the cold chain in fish products. The aim of the study was to value the microbiological effect of the cold chain in the preservation of fishery products and the satisfaction of finding buyers in fishery products in the town of Choluteca. The study was conducted in two stages, the first fish samples were collected and treated with the method of preservation of the cold chain and the traditional method of fishing , microbiological growth compared Escherichia coli and total coliforms in at six post - treatment , 24 and 36 hours , the second phase of the experiment 383 questionnaires were applied on the final consumers of the municipality of Choluteca satisfaction and preference for purchase of fishery products. It was found that the method of cold chain reduces the growth of bacterial colonies and the end buyers are willing to pay up to 10 % more for seafood safety and treated with cold chain.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5377/pc.v6i0.1845

Revista Portal de la Ciencia, No. 6, julio 2014: 93-106

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Published

2015-02-22

How to Cite

Rodríguez, D. M., Cárcamo, J. H., & Carranza Espinal, E. O. (2015). Effect of cold chain in preserving fishery products. Portal De La Ciencia, 6, 93–106. https://doi.org/10.5377/pc.v6i0.1845

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Area Mathematical Physics