Raw squid tube
The squid Illex argentinus is a cephalopod commonly known as the Argentine red squid.
Eight suction cup tentacles are connected to their head. Its colors are brownish to purple.
It is caught from February to June in area F.A.O. 41 (South-West Atlantic), using trawls or jigging (multi-hook lines).
Its treatment with citric acid gives it a softer texture.
We sell it the form of a tube of raw squid.
Enjoy it in ready meals, seafood cocktails or paella.
For further information, please visit : www.fao.org
Eight suction cup tentacles are connected to their head. Its colors are brownish to purple.
It is caught from February to June in area F.A.O. 41 (South-West Atlantic), using trawls or jigging (multi-hook lines).
Its treatment with citric acid gives it a softer texture.
We sell it the form of a tube of raw squid.
Enjoy it in ready meals, seafood cocktails or paella.
For further information, please visit : www.fao.org
Technical characteristics
Illex argentinus
8/12 (pcs/Kg)
Portugal
February to June
Product information
- Species : Illex argentinus
- Size : 8/12 (pcs/Kg)
- Net weight : 10 Kg
- Origin : Portugal
- Seasonality : caught from February to June in zone F.A.O. 41
- Ingredients : squid, water, salt, E301, E302, E331iii
- Presentation : IQF frozen raw ring
- Process : fishing, sorting, cleaning, heading, gutting, freezing, transporting, thawing, shelling, feather and finning, peeling, chemical treatment, grading, sizing, deep freezing, 10% compensated glazing, packaging, metal detector, storage
Storage conditions :
Maximum storage temperature: – 18° C
Best before date: 24 months after freezing date
Specifications
GMOs : none
Irradiation : none
Allergens : molluscs
Microbiological criteria :
- T.V.C. : 100 000 ge/g
- Fecal Coli. : 10 ge/g
- Coagulase + Staph : 100 ge/g
- S.R.A. : 10 ge /g
- Salmonella : absent in 25 g
- Listeria mono. : absent in 25 g
