Investigations on long distance transportation of fish. 4. A comparative study of the performance of expanded polystyrene slabs and multi-layer gunny (jute) fabric as insulants

A comparative study of the insulation efficiencies of expanded polystyrene slabs and multi-layer gunny fabric in long distance transportation of fresh iced fish was made. Used plywood boxes (second hand tea chests) were employed as containers and the experiments conducted between Kakinada and Calcutta. All the three insulants tried, namely, 25.4 mm thick expanded polystyrene slab, four and two layer gunny (jute) fabric, all sealed in 150 gauge polythene sheets, showed comparable insulation efficiencies, considering total bacterial counts, organoleptic qualities and TMA and TVN values of the transported fish as parameters.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Panduranga Rao, C.C., Govindan, T.K., Gupta, S., Chattopadhyay, P., Rajagopalan Unnithan, G.
Format:	article biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	1978
Subjects:	Fisheries, storage methods, long distance transportation, packing, iced fish, insulation material, jute, expanded polystyrene slabs,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1834/33402
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