Division B BLUEFISH
United Kingdom
| F1. . . | ||||
| . . . | ||||
Or in a more advanced state of decay. | ||||
Iced fish goes rancid before stale, CSW/RSW fish goes stale before rancid. | ||||
| Criteria | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freshness category | Not admitted | |||
| Extra | A | B | ||
| Skin | Bright pigmentation, bright, shining iridescent colours; clear distinction between dorsal and central surfaces | Loss of lustre and shine; duller colours; less difference between dorsal and ventral surfaces | Dull, lustreless, insipid colours; skin creased when fish curved | Very dull pigmentation; skin coming away from fleshf1 |
| Skin mucus | Aqueous, transparent | Slightly cloudy | Milky | Yellowish grey, opaque mucus |
| Consistency of flesh | Very firm, rigid | Fairly rigid, firm | Slightly soft | Soft (flaccid) |
| Gill covers | Silvery | Silvery, slightly red or brown | Brownish and extensive seepage of blood from vessels | Yellowish |
| Eye | Convex, bulging; blue-black bright pupil, transparent ‘eyelid’ | Convex and slightly sunken; dark pupil; slightly opalescent cornea | Flat; blurred pupil; blood seepage around the eye | Concave in the centre; grey pupil; milky cornea |
| Gills | Uniformly dark red to purple. No mucus | Less bright colour, paler at edges. Transparent mucus | Becoming thick discoloured opaque mucus | Yellowish; milky mucus |
| Smell of gills | Fresh seaweed; pungent; iodine | No smell or seaweed. Neutral smell | Slightly sulphureousf2 fatty smell, rancid bacon cuttings or rotten fruit | Rotten sour |
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Annex 1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 20(9)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Footnotes
- f1
Or in a more advanced state of decay.
- f2
Iced fish goes rancid before stale, CSW/RSW fish goes stale before rancid.