Food Loss and Waste in Fish Value Chains
©FAO/Ansen Ward
  • Supportive Policy Environment
  • Application of Appropriate Technology
  • Skills and Knowledge
  • Services and Infrastructure
  • Regulatory Environment
  • Social and Gender Equity
  • Markets

Skills and Knowledge for Artisanal Fish Salting

Some of the key skills and knowledge required in order to prevent and reduce food loss and waste (FLW) and improve standards and quality during artisanal fish salting include:

  • Maintaining fish quality
  • Use of salt and salting process
  • Good storage practice
  • Pest Control and Waste Disposal management
  • Packaging
  • Labelling
  • Regulatory requirements/standards
  • Good hygienic practice and personal hygiene
  • Good manufacturing practices

National authorities such as Health Inspectorates and Food Standard Agencies require the skills and knowledge to be able to implement extension for processors and the enforcement of food law, regulations, standards and certification.  

Key Publications

Fish Handling, Quality and Processing: Training and Community Trainers Manual

This document includes information related to food law implementation.

 

 

Training of trainers and capacity building for small-scale fisheries operators

Information on why training small-scale fisheries trainers is important is discussed, and approaches and paths forward are included.

Introduction to Good Hygiene and Good Fish Handling Practices

Smartfish Project in collaboration with CVF and the FAO-IGAD Fish Trade Project presents: Clean Fish Better Life, a video training package on good fish handling, processing and cooking for fisheries operators and consumers.

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