National Food Safety Standard Fresh and Frozen Aquatic Animal Product GB2733—2015

 

 

National Standards of the People’s Republic of China

GB2733—2015

 

 

 

 

 

National Food Safety Standard

Fresh and Frozen Aquatic Animal Product

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issue Date: November 13, 2015	Implementation Date: November 13, 2016
Issued by the National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People’s Republic of China

 

 

Foreword

This standard replaces GB2733—2005 Hygienic Standard for Fresh and Frozen Marine Products of Animal Origin.

Compared with GB2733—2005, the main changes are as follows:

The name of this standard was revised to National Food Safety Standard - Fresh and Frozen Aquatic Animal Product;

- The scope of this standard has been modified;

- The sensory requirements have been modified;

- The physical and chemical propertieshave been modified.

- The limit of shellfish toxinshas been increased.

- The pesticide residue limithas been modified.

- The limit of veterinary drug residue has been increased.

 

National Food Safety Standard

Fresh and Frozen Aquatic Animal Product 

1. Scope

This standard is applicable to fresh and frozen aquatic animal products, including seawater aquatic products and fresh water aquatic products.

2. Technical Requirements

2.1 Sensory Requirements

Sensory requirements shall conform to the requirements of Table 1.

Table 1 Sensory Requirements

Items	Requirements	Testing method
Color	Have the due color for aquatic animal products.	Take the appropriate amount of the sample and place it on the white porcelain plate, and observe the color, taste and state in natural light.
Taste	Have the due color for aquatic animal products without abnormal smell.
State	Have normal tissue texture of aquatic animal products, and tight and elastic muscles.

2.2 Physical and Chemical Properties

Physical and chemical properties should conform to the requirements of Table 2.

Table 2 Physical and Chemical Properties

Items		Indexes	Testing method
Volatile Basic Nitrogena/(mg/100g)			GB 5009.228
Seawater fishes and shrimps	≤	30
Seawater crabs	≤	25
Freshwater fishes and shrimps	≤	20
Frozen shellfish	≤	15
Histamine a/(mg/100g)			GB/T 5009.208
High histamine fishesb	≤	40
Other seawater fishes	≤	20
a Not applicable to live aquatic animal products.
b High histamine fishes: refer to Seawater fishes with green skin and red meat such as scomber japonicus, horse mackerel, trachurus japonicus, mackerel, bonito, tuna, cololabis saira, scomberomorus niphonius, pacific mackerel, sardine,mackerel, sardine, sardines.

2.3 Limit forContamination

Thelimit forcontamination shall comply with the provisions of GB2762.