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of the necessity for sanitary practices in the food
industry, in general.
The existing food laws in Iceland date from
1936. Public health ordinances and codes are
in effect for larger towns, but are for the most
part lacking in many small towns in Iceland.
Establishing and co-ordinating public health
ordinances and codes for the whole country is
urgently needed.
Chapter 3 of this paper deals with reasons
for employing sanitary practices in the produc-
tion of frozen fish. In this relation the effect
of freezing on the bacterial flora indigenous to
fish is discussed. The public health aspects and
bacterial species significant to public health
which may contaminate fish during transport,
handling, processing and freezing are evaluated.
Chapter 3 finishes by discussing the use, need
and practicability of bacterial standards for eva-
luation of plant hygiene and product quality from
the public health aspect. In chapter 4 is re-
ported a bacteriological survey made on water
supplies and water works used in Icelandic fish
freezing plants. This survey was carried out dur-
ing 1960 to 1962. Results obtained by this survey
showed a definite need for in-plant-chlorination
in the freezing plants. The Icelandic Fish Inspec-
tion Service issued an ordinance in 1963 where-
by all freezing plants in Iceland were directed
to use chlorinated water at all times during
processing of frozen fish.
Chapter 5 discusses, in detail, the various
sanitary aspects of the Icelandic frozen fish
industry. The first part tells of a bacteriological
survey on fish at various processing stages in 35
Icelandic fish freezing plants in 1962 to 1963.
The results of the bacteriological findings are
reported and discussed. This constitutes the
remainder of the chapter in which is presented
a review of the manner by which contamination
of fish fillets to be frozen may take place. The
most dangerous places on the processing line
where fish may be contaminated are pointed
out. Emphasis is made in the last part of the
chapter on proper and efficient sanitary practices
which should be employed in fish freezing plants.
The conclusion reached in this article in that
many sanitary problems face the fish freezing
plants in Iceland. These problems have been
solved in part but considerable effort must be
made to improve the situation. In order to solve
this problem the article suggest that emphasis
be placed on training personell in sanitary
sciences, both in government service and by the
companies themselves. Furthermore, the sugges-
tion is put forth that it is opportune to review
existing laws and ordinances dealing with fish
quality owing to ever increasing demands on
wholesomeness and bacterial quality of foods,
such as fish, in many of the countries that import
Icelandic frozen fish.
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