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Title	Quality of frozen squid and cuttlefish of the export trade

Names	James, L. Iyer, T.S.G.
Date Issued	1998 (iso8601)
Abstract	Commercial samples of frozen squid (Loligo sp.) and cuttlefish (Sepia Sp.) were evaluated by organoleptic, microbiological and biochemical means. Volatile base nitrogen, trimethylamine nitrogen and indole were below the permitted levels in the samples. They were free from salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes and Vibrio cholerae. 8.3% of cuttlefish samples contained V. cholerae NON 01 type and 10% squid samples had Vibrio parahaemolyticus. The incidence of faecal streptococcus was 50% in squid and 58.3% in cuttlefish. Few squid samples had Escherichia coli. Coagulase positive staphylococcus was present in most of the samples. Cooked meat was hard to chew. Mercury and zinc in all samples were below the permittted levels. 16% of squid and 8.3% of cuttlefish had higher levels of cadmium. Except 10% cuttlefish, all samples had copper below the permitted level. 10% of squid and 20% of cuttlefish had higher levels of lead.
Genre	Article
Topic	Quality
Identifier	Proceedings of the Symposium on "Advances and Priorities in Fisheries Technology" held during 11-13 Feb, 1998, Cochin ed. by Balachandran, K.K. et. al, 280-283

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