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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Processing of Hake fillet skin-off

Our Hake-skinless fillets are available in different grading. These are as follows:
2 - 4 Oz, 4 - 6 Oz, 6 - 8 Oz, 8 - 10 Oz, 10 - 12 Oz, 12+ Oz / 70-90 g, 90-110 g,110-130 g, 130-150 g, 150-170 g,170-220 g.

The headed and gutted Hake is de-iced, de-scaled, graded and hand filleted. The fillets are trimmed for blood, bones, fins, black membrane, parasite, roe, loose fish scale, abscess and sorted, packed and quick frozen in accordance with good commercial practice to attain a product temperature of -18ºC or below. It is caught in sea by bottom trawlers in the south-east Atlantic.

The fillets are packed lengthwise using blue LDPE for interleaving. The product is packed in such a way that each layer of fillets is interleaved; the fillets are not touching and can be separated easily in a frozen state.

The storage and transport temperature is kept at a minimum of -18ºC and the product can be best used before 24 months from the date of production. The weight of the carton is 5kg net and sealing is 2*5kg cartons single strap clockwise.

For the packaging and labeling, if you want to put your own labeling, we are at your disposition or we can do our own packaging which include the name of product, Latin name, EU approval number, Best before and expiry date, address of manufacturer, EAN 128 bar code, FAO area, storage condition and product of Namibia.


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