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Abstract:
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In India much work has been done on different aspects of quality of
processed fish and fishery products (Pillai et al., 1965; Iyer and Chaudhuri,
1966; Iyer et al., 1966; Sreenivasan and Joseph, 1966; Pillai and Rao, 1969;
Mathen et al., 1975; Valsan et al., 1985) and standards have been formulated
for almost all the fishery products. Quality standards for fresh fish cover
only a few fish species available in the markets. For the formulation and
recommendation of quality standards for fish and fishery products for domestic
trade detailed background informations are necessary. Khot et al., (1982),
Valsan et al. J (1985) and Iyer et al. (1986) have reported on the bacterial
flora of sea foods at retail level in Bombay. Cochin is a major fish landing
centre of the south west coast of India, and an average of 25,000. tonnes
of fish/shell fish are landed annually at this harbour which is about 10 percent
of the total catch of fish in Kerala (Lakshmanan -et -al., 1984). All the
varieties of marine, brackish water and fresh water fishes are available in
Cochln throughout the year for catering to Its cosmopolitan. population and
informations regarding their bacteriological quality are scanty. Hence the
present study was undertaken to investigate the bacteriological quality of fish
and fishery products available in the markets and cold storages situated in
and around Cochin meant for internal consumption. |