Post-Harvest Division
AVA
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Marine Fisheries Research Department
SEAFDEC
Presents
Fish Product Development
Post-Harvest Division, AVA
• Mission:
To assist the local fish and vegetable industry in
post-harvest technology, product development
and quality preservation.
Post-Harvest Division, AVA
Fisheries Post Harvest Technology Programme
Goal:
• To support the industry in Singapore in
providing technical expertise in the areas of
fish product development and quality.
Objectives:
• To assist the fish processing industry in the
development of value added products
• To assist the aquaculture industry in
promoting the utilization of farmed fish
through product development
Post-Harvest Division, AVA
Vegetable Post-Harvest Technology Programme
Goal:
• To assist the farmers and industry on post-harvest
handling and quality preservation of leafy
vegetables
Objectives:
• To develop quality parameters for leafy vegetables
• To conduct R & D in packaging and shelf-life
extension of leafy vegetables
SEAFDEC – Southeast Asia
Fisheries Development Center
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Established in 1967
• Autonomous inter-governmental body
• Purpose: Promoting fisheries development in
the Southeast Asian region
• Members: Japan and 11 ASEAN member
countries
SEAFDEC – Southeast Asia
Fisheries Development Center
• 4 SEAFDEC Depts.
– Training Dept. (TD) in Thailand ;
– Marine Fisheries Research Department (MFRD) in
Singapore
– Aquaculture Dept. (AQD) in Philippines;
– Marine Fishery Resource Development and Management
Dept. (MFRDMD) in Malaysia
• MFRD’s role: Responsible for SEAFDEC’s
activities in fisheries post-harvest technology
Marine Fisheries Research Department
SEAFDEC
Mission:
To promote the development of fisheries post-harvest technology in
Southeast Asia through research and development, and transfer of
technology to the fish processing industry in the region
Marine Fisheries Research Department
SEAFDEC
Goals: To establish MFRD as the
• Coordinating center for research and development in
fisheries post-harvest technology in the region
• Regional Training Center for ASEAN and 3rd country
training in fisheries post-harvest technology
• Regional Information Hub in fisheries post-harvest
technology through the ASEAN Fisheries PostHarvest Technology Information Network
Marine Fisheries Research Department
SEAFDEC
MFRD programs driven under:
• Special 5-year Program on Sustainable
Fisheries for Food Security in the ASEAN
Region
• ASEAN-SEAFDEC FCG Programs under the
Japanese Trust Fund Project
Marine Fisheries Research Department
SEAFDEC
Key programs:
• Maximising the utilization of under-utilized marine
species for the development into value-added products
• Fish Quality and Safety Management Systems
Marine Fisheries Research Department
SEAFDEC
Key areas of activities:
• Surimi technology
• Retort pouch technology for seafood
• Fish packaging technology
• Dried and fermented fish processing
• Surimi quality testing
• HACCP consultancy
• Fish freshness and quality
• Nutritional composition of fish & fish products
• Antibiotic residues testing in fish & fish products
• Pesticide residues in fish & fish products
Our Achievements
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Maximizing the utilization of by-catch
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Upgrading the fish processing industry
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Utilization of waste and trimming from the fish
processing industry
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Emphasis on HACCP-based quality assurance
program
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National and regional training agency in fisheries postharvest technology
Fish Product
Development
Food/Fish Product Development
• Step-step system
• 8 general steps to commercialization
• Involve personnel from: marketing,
sales, production , R&D, purchasing,
quality control, accounting,
engineering, distribution
Product development steps
Idea generation
Pre-commercialization
Concept evaluation
Product test market
Prototype product development
Product introduction
Package and process development
Commercialization
Fish Product Development in MFRD
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Surimi Technology
Fish Jelly Products
Retort Technology
Drying technology
Other products made from tuna trimmings,
low valued pelagic fish and freshwater fish
• Fish Sauce Fermentation Technology
• Value-added Products from Aquaculture
Produce
Fish Product Development
• Surimi technology
– Developed by Japanese many centuries ago
– Surimi is stabilized myofibrillar protein
• Processed by washing deboned fish flesh, blend
with cryoprotectants and freeze in blocks
– Chief raw material for fish jelly products
Surimi Technology
• 1980s, MFRD introduced surimi technology
from Japan to S.E.A.
• Through R&D, MFRD identified Nemipterus
spp. to produce superior grade surimi
equivalent quality to Alaskan Pollack
Nemipterus sp.
Fish Jelly Products
• Introduction of surimi to the fish
processing industry, has projected more
varieties of products in the market
• Surimi has improved the texture quality
of fish jelly products
• MFRD introduced double step heating
for better processing control and reduce
production time
Automated fish ball processing line
Fish Jelly Products
• Types of fish jelly products
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Chikuwa
Otah-fish cake (Spicy fish cake)
Fish balls/cakes
Breaded fish cakes
Cuttlefish/prawn/crab balls
Imitation crabsticks
Retort Technology
• Involve high temperature heating in
a short time to achieve commercial
sterilization
• MFRD developed retort pouch
products from tuna trimmings
– Tuna in mayonaise sauce
– Tuna and vegetable in mayonaise sauce
– Tuna seafood pasta
Retort Technology
• Other retorted products
developed
– Retort pouch squid
– Retort fish sausage
Tuna chunk sausage
Drying Technology
• Drying technology
– Hot air drying
• Removes free water from a wet material, to create a
dry, tough and pliable end product
– Vacuum drying
• Dry product at low temperature and pressure
• Removes ice crystals from frozen material
• Creates a porous matrix structure
Drying Technology
• Hot air dried products
– Fish “picos” (sweets) from tuna trimmings
– Fish “bah kwa” (dried sweet meat) from tuna trimmings
and low valued pelagic fish
Tuna pico
Fish “bah kwa”
Hot air drying
Drying Technology
• Vacuum dried products
– Vacuum dried crispy prawns
– Flavoured cookies/crackers from
low valued pelagic fish
Vacuum drying oven
Vacuum dried prawns
Fish Cookie