EFFECT OF SALTING METHOD AND STORAGE TEMPERATURE ON QUALITY OF SALTED SILVER CARP (HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS MOLITRIX)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Central Laboratory for Aquaculture Research, Abbassa, Agricultural Research Centre, Ministry of Agriculture, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

Abstract

Some chemical, physicochemical, bacteriological and organolepti­cal changes in dry and mixed-salted silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys malaria), were investigated. Butterfly silver carp which had been salted were stored for 6 months at room temperature (25±5°C) and under cold storagfe at (5±1°C). During the storage period, chemical indices of ' freshness and the bacterial count showed increasing trends: they were considerably lower in the dry and mixed-salted stored at the lower tem­perature. Sensory evaluation indicated that storage at the lower tem- perature could considerably extend the shelf-life of salted fish.