Russia: The Primorsky branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution NCBRP has conducted more than 5 thousand studies of canned fish

Samples from batches of canned saury, tuna, pink salmon, herring, mackerel, ivasi sardines, cod liver and other types of products with a total weight of more than 10.5 thousand tons were examined. The laboratory tested the products for 25 indicators: mold, yeast, total bacterial contamination, content of the mass fraction of heavy metals, presence of live helminths, etc. As a result of the studies, 6 positive results were found in 6 batches of products - canned mackerel, ivasi sardines, saury and cod liver weighing more than 6.5 tons. According to the test reports of the Primorsky branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "NCBRP", violations of organoleptic indicators were found in all 6 batches. In particular, in 4 cases (in canned mackerel, ivasi sardines, saury) non-compliance with the requirements for appearance was found, and in 2 cases (in canned cod liver) non-compliance with the requirements for smell was found. These products were found to be non-compliant with ...