Top shell meat

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Latin name:
Rapana Venosa / Rapana Thomasiana
Origin:
Black sea
Minimum order:
1x20" FCL = 11,000 kg
Payment terms:
by TT remittance against shipping docs and B/L after shipment or by confirmed irrevocable L/C at sight opened in Raiffeisen Bank (Bulgaria) AD
  • LL 15-20 pcs/kg
  • L 21-40 pcs/kg
  • M 41-60 pcs/kg
  • S 61-80 pcs/kg
  • SS 81-120 pcs/kg
  • SSS over 121(120-200) pcs/kg

Processing flow of Topshell Meat

  • 1. Catched topshell ( fishing boats and divers)

    Alive and fresh one / transfer to the factory within about 3 hours/ in Reception hall: weighing and quality control.

    P1070814
  • 2. Size selection

    2groups – big and small

  • 3. Washing of Topshells

    Shower by rotary drum or water shooting by a hose.

  • 4. Boiling

    Boiling with steam at 102-104C for about 5-6 minutes at pressure 1.2 Atmospheres.

  • 5. Removal of the meat from the shell

    With fork.

  • 6. Cooling

    In tanks with fresh water and ice, at +10C for 15-20 minutes.

  • 7. Removal of lid and interior organs

    By hands.

  • 8. Washing, removal of sand and 2nd washing

    Part of lip / rubbing by brush / water washing / special washing device.

  • 9. Size selection

    Removing dead ones and inferior ones and size selection in 5 groups: LL / L / M / S / SS / SSS with strict weight control on electronic scales.

  • 10. Sterilizing

    In tanks – fresh water, ice and chlorine solution  / NaClO: 0,05% (5/1000) / at +10C for about 15-20 min.

  • 11. Final washing

    Shower by the rotary drum, fresh water / 2 times for about 5 min.

  • 12. Weighing and lining up in a freezing pan

    Weighing of 10,5 kgs, line up in freezing pan.

  • 13. Quick freezing ( Air blast freezing )

    At – 40 degrees Centigradefor 5-6 hours to become ice block.

  • 14. Removing from the freezing pan and Glazing

    In tank with cooled water with ice / + 5 degrees Centigrade for instant moment for glazing

  • 15. Packing in cartons

    Poly wrapping, cardboard carton / 2 x 10 kgs in a carton box.

  • 16. Storing in the cold storage

    Cold storage / – 25 degrees Centigrade for up to one year.