Requisitos del sello de calidad INEN de la harina de pescado mediante el análisis físico químico y microbiológico

Abstract

The increase in world population has made the raising of animals for consumption indispensable, and fishmeal is the product par excellence in the diet of animals, being a high quality food that favors their development. It is used as the main component in the production of animal feed. For this reason, fishmeal exports have increased worldwide. It is important that a food product such as fishmeal complies with the quality standards established by the current regulations of your country. That is why this research aims to analyze the physicochemical and microbiological parameters of fishmeal for export according to the Ecuadorian Technical Standard INEN-462 for animal consumption. It can be concluded that the fishmeal for animal consumption exported by Ecuador through the physicochemical parameters indicate that fishmeal should contain a protein value of 60%, moisture 10%, fat 10%, ash 18% and salt 2% and the microbiological analysis allows identifying contaminants according to the standard, salmonella neg/25g, shigella neg/25g, total coliforms 10^4 ger/grams, negative fecal coliforms, and fungi 10^4 ger/grams. In addition, the fishmeal has no significant differences with respect to international export standards.