Scombrotoxin Fish Poisoning – Have you ever had allergic symptoms after eating certain types of fish? Less than two hours after eating the spoiled fish meat, your skin becomes red and itchy, even though you don’t have a history of allergies to certain food. If you have ever eaten fish and are experiencing allergies, you may have scombrotoxin poisoning in fish. This occurs when people consume fish that are not properly handled, giving growth to biogenic amines such as histamine. Histamine is a major indicator of scombrotoxin poisoning. So, what is scombrotoxin fish poisoning?

            Benefit of tuna fish – Do you know that nutrition in many kinds of fishes have benefit to human body? As we know, fish is one of the healthy food sources and it could provide various benefits for our body. Tuna is one of it. Because of its nutritious content, tuna meat is one of the most exported/ traded commodities in the world. Some of the benefits are increasing body endurance and tuna meat is low in fat. Some of the content in tuna meat such as protein, omega 3, antioxidant etc. provide great health benefit to us. Here is the benefit that you can get from a serving of tuna meat. 

        How to become an exporter of fishery products – Export is the process of sending commodity from one country to another. This process is often carry out by companies or businesses with various capability ranging from small to large-scale businesses. It is a highly competitive market, yet it offers opportunity for entrepreneurship.

         Indonesia is a maritime country, located in the archipelago & has 54,720 km of coastlines. Those would make Indonesia potentially to become one of the largest fishery producers or exporters. So, how to be a fishery products exporter?

Be carefull with Listeria before exporting – Microbes are important factor for fish exporters, as microbes can cause food degradation in fish products. Exporters should pay attention to microbiological conditions throughout the fish production chain in order to optimize the quality of the final product.  Listeria is one of the pathogens that could cause container detention or rejection in destination countries. It could cause severe illness to consumers.