Tuna at Aegan
Manufacturing & Canning stages
(1) Fish Receiving, Sensory Evaluation, Grading and Weighing
Freshly caught tuna is frozen right on the boat and heads to the facility where it is unloaded
and sorted according to species, size, quality of meat and over-all condition, date caught
and date of reception at the factory before being graded.
(2) Fish Gutting and Cutting
While the frozen fish is thawing, it is carefully cleaned and the guts of the tuna are removed
through a cut made on the belly of the fish & finished by washing the fish with water under
pressure. The whole tuna is then cut into sections.
(5) Cleaning
Cleaning the fish involves the careful removal of bones, fins, oil, skin & any remaining
entrails or dark meat before it is cut for subsequent packaging. The oils, skin and bones are
then used to produce other tuna products such as animal feed in the form of fish meal.
(6) Tuna Canning
The cleaned tuna is then cut & put inside the cans with specific weight and size and
delivered to the vacuum and oiler line using the conveyor belt. At the vacuum machine
sunflower oil and salt are added before the cans are hermetically sealed.
(7) Sterilizing Canned Tuna in the Auto Claves
The sealed cans are placed in sterilization chambers with hot steam to kill bacteria that
might be present inside or outside of the cans, to ensure the safety of the product.
After the sterilization process, the hot cans are then washed and subsequently cooled
with freezing water.
(8) Casing and Incubation
For microbiological stability of canned tuna & to guarantee that the product has
been processed correctly, an incubation period of 15 days is necessary to eliminate any
under-processed products that manifests in disfigured cans and spoilage.
(9) Conducting Test at Laboratory
For safety assessment, each batch is subjected to laboratory testing to safeguard
the consistency and to detect variances to make sure that standard quality is met and the concept of safe food is well achieved.
(10) Brand Sticker Labelling and Packaging
This is the final step of canned tuna manufacturing process. The cans are properly labelled
with all the information of the product and then the tuna cans are packed in cardboard
boxes and are ready for dispatch.
TUNA Quality
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