“As one of the most common specialty foods in the country, sushi is rapidly gaining popularity on supermarket shelves,” said Jill Hollingsworth, FMI vice president, food safety programs. “This video and manual outline the safe preparation and handling of sushi products within the supermarket setting to ensure presentation of the highest quality product."
The program offers guidelines to food retailers on general requirements for safe handling of sushi products and good retail practices (GRP) in receiving, storing, thawing, displaying and packaging sushi fish. In addition, the manual also offers a basic sushi rice recipe, time and temperature logs, charts on the types of fish that may harbor parasites and histamines, a sample letter of guaranty, a glossary of terms, and a listing of industry resources.
For more information about Recommendations for the Safe Preparation of Sushi($60 for FMI members and $120 for nonmembers) and other food safety training materials, contact FMI Food Safety Programs at (202) 452-8444, or visit the website at www.fmi.org.
Food Marketing Institute (FMI) conducts programs in public affairs, food safety, research, education and industry relations on behalf of its nearly 1,250 food retail and wholesale member companies in the United States and around the world. FMI’s U.S. members operate more than 25,000 retail food stores and almost 22,000 pharmacies with a combined annual sales volume of nearly $650 billion. FMI’s retail membership is composed of large multi-store chains, regional firms and independent operators. Its international membership includes 126 companies from more than 65 countries. FMI’s nearly 330 associate members include the supplier partners of its retail and wholesale members.
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