Title: | A post-harvest technology for the development of Intermediate Moisture Shrimp |
Area: | Rural Technologies |
Focus Area: | Food Security and Safety, Agriculture Technology |
Status: | Available for commercialization |
Social Benefits: | Fish and fishery products are highly perishable food commodities. Shrimp are high value, exported seafood commodity. Being highly perishable in nature shrimp has very low shelf-life and is mostly consumed fresh or in dried form. The quality of dried shrimp available in markets is poor with poor re-hydration capacity. BARC has developed a process for development of Intermediate Moisture Shrimp having about 30% moisture. The developed product has a better over-all quality, rehydration capacity & can be stored at ambient temperature for 4 months. The shelf life of this product can be further extended to another 2 months by radiation processing (5 kGy) at ambient temperature. This technology promises longer shelf-life of this prime seafood commodity and may ensure deeper availability of shrimp in domestic as well as international market without need of cold storage or refrigerated transport. |
Developing Agency: | Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, Maharashtra |
Technology Readiness Index: | TRL 9 |