Code of good irradiation practice - Part 7: Fish, shrimps and frog legs for the control of microflora and pathogens and/or shelf-life extension (Second revision)
1.1 This Malaysian Standard describes a code of good irradiation practice for refrigerated fresh or frozen; fish, shrimps or prawns1 and frozen frog legs.
1.2 This standard does not include dried fish and dried salted fish
1.3 The microbial contamination of concern in this standard is mainly bacterial. As referred to in this standard, irradiation is not used to treat contamination with other organisms, such as mould, yeasts and insects. However, when irradiating fresh fish for bacterial reduction, any parasites present are rendered non-infective.
1.4 Frozen frog legs, fish and shrimps may be contaminated with pathogenic bacteria such as Salmonella, Shigella, Vibrio, Listeria and Yersinia. The irradiation of these foods is for the purpose of inactivating such pathogenic vegetative bacteria and not for the purpose of their preservation, which is achieved through freezing.
1.5 Bacterial contamination of fresh fish and shrimps can lead to their spoilage. The irradiation of these pr
