As with the first edition this book includes chapters on established
fish processes and new processes and allied issues. The first five
chapters cover fish biochemistry affecting processing, curing, surimi
and fish mince, chilling and freezing and canning. These established
processes can still show innovations and improved theory although their
mature status precludes major leaps in knowledge and technology. The
four chapters concerned with new areas relevant to fish processing are
directed at the increasing globalisation of the fish processing industry
and the demands, from legislation and the consumer, for better quality,
safer products. One chapter reviews the methods available to identify
fish species in raw and processed products. The increased demand for
fish products and the reduced catch of commercially-important species
has lead to adulteration or substitu- tion of these species with cheaper
species. The ability to detect these practices has been based on some
elegant analytical techniques in electrophoresis.