CODEX STAN 165-1989 Standard for Quick Frozen Blocks of Fish Fillets, Minced Fish Flesh and Mixtures of Fillets and Minced Fish Flesh
1. SCOPE
This standard applies to quick frozen blocks of cohering fish flesh, prepared from fillets1 or minced fish flesh or a mixture of fillets and minced fish flesh, which are intended for further processing.
2. DESCRIPTION
2.1 PRODUCT DEFINITION
Quick frozen blocks are rectangular or other uniformly shaped masses of cohering fish fillets, minced fish or a mixture thereof, which are suitable for human consumption, comprising:
(i) a single species; or
(ii) a mixture of species with similar sensory characteristics.
2.1.1 Fillets are slices of fish of irregular size and shape which are removed from the carcass by cuts made parallel to the back bone and pieces of such fillets, with or without the skin.
2.1.2 Minced fish flesh used in the manufacture of blocks are particles of skeletal muscle which have been separated from and are essentially free from bones, viscera and skin.
