Is Mushy Tuna Syndrome a Growing Problem for the Tuna Industry?

Soni Maria Jacob Peter, Simone P Blomberg, Matthew H Holden, Louwrens C Hoffman, Ian R Tibbetts

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Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

Global Food Security and Sustainability Issues: The Road to 2030 from Nutrition and Sustainable Healthy Diets to Food Systems Change.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Soni Maria Jacob PeterSchool of the Environment, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8176-1677

Simone P BlombergSchool of the Environment, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1062-0839

Matthew H HoldenSchool of Mathematics and Physics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5135-9433

Louwrens C HoffmanCentre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2736-1933

Ian R TibbettsSchool of the Environment, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1481-238X

The University of Queensland · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reducing food loss and waste is crucial for a sustainable global food system and an efficient use of natural resources. Fast-growing tuna provides a key contribution to global nutrition targets; however, reports suggest that an appreciable proportion of the catch is lost from its value chain due to flesh quality issues, one of which is Mushy Tuna Syndrome (MTS). MTS-affected tuna flesh becomes soft and pasty, unfit for canning or human consumption, resulting in high wastage of partially processed material. We investigated the prevalence of MTS globally by surveying the tuna industry using a questionnaire. Of the responses from 32 companies across 14 nations, 97% acknowledged MTS as an issue that predominantly affects skipjack (

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environmentfish texturefood loss and wastefood securityMushy Tuna Syndromeskipjack tunasustainability

Identifiers

PMID37835244

DOI10.3390/foods12193590

PMCPMC10572669

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