Process for treating seafood

Details Process for treating seafood Process for treating seafood

1974-02-27

1976-05-18

Jones, Raymond N.

Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products

Involving ion exchange, sequestering or chelating material

426643, A22C 2500

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039580229

ABSTRACT:
Methods are set forth for the treatment of seafood whereby toxic heavy metal ions, especially mercury ions, are removed from the seafood making the same safe for consumption. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the method comprises washing the seafood with an organic sulphur complexing agent for heavy metal ions and heating the seafood at a temperature and for a time sufficient to volatilize the heavy metal ions therefrom.

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patent: 2669520 (1954-02-01), Fellers
patent: 2847308 (1958-08-01), Bersworth et al.
patent: 3552978 (1971-01-01), Inklaar
patent: 3736153 (1973-05-01), Spears
Furia, "Food Technology", Dec., 1964, pp. 50-58.

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