Experimental Seafood Processing Laboratory

 CURRENT RESEARCH

 
1. High intensity X-ray processing to improve Quality and Safety of Seafood.
2. Post harvest treatment of fish and shellfish with special emphasis on environmental and pathogenic Vibrio's.
3. Processing of underutilized Gulf Herring for surimi protein matrix.
4. Environmental water monitoring of the Gulf of Mexico for determining the effect of water temperature and other weather phenomenon on the quality and safety of Gulf seafood.
5. Pollution source tracking in seafood environments.
6. New product development: fish mince
7. Early detection of seafood spoilage by ion chromatography
 
Dan VanGent, LSU Nuclear Research Scientist has assisted us our ongoing irradiation project. In-shell oysters are irradiated with 0-2.0 kGy of gamma radiation to determine the effect on naturally incurred bacteria and oysters inoculated with a variety of shellfish pathogens.
 

 

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