Process Of Making 20 Tonnes Of Fish Into Fish Oils And Fish Meals Inside South African Factory

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Fish and other seafood products are getting more and more attention among consumers due to its health benefits. These benefits are in particular linked to the valuable long chained omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA (Eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)), almost exclusively found in foods from the aquatic environment.
A recent FAO/WHO expert consultation [Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on the Risks and Benefits of Fish Consumption (2011)] concluded that fish in the diet of women giving birth to children lowers the risk of suboptimal development of the brain and neural system compared to children of women not eating fish. Strong evidence also underlines how consumption of fish, and in particular oily fish, lowers the risk of death (36 percent reduction) caused by coronary heart diseases (CHD) - a particularly growing health problem in developing countries. A daily intake of only 250 mg EPA+DHA per adult gives optimal protection against CHD. For optimal brain development in children, the daily requirement is only 150 mg. Evidence on the role DHA has in preventing mental illnesses is now becoming more and more convincing. This is particularly important as brain disorders are dramatically increasing all over the world, and in the developed nations, the cost related to mental disorders is now greater than the cost related to CHD and cancer combined.
As with humans, most fish need to get EPA and DHA through their diets. This is particularly true for fish from the marine environment where marine algae are the main producers of these valuable fatty acids ending up in our food chain. Freshwater fish seem to be better able to elongate short chained omega-3 fatty acids into EPA and DHA.
Farmed fish, and particularly marine fish, need to be provided the beneficial EPA and DHA fatty acids through their feed. This will secure a final product comparable and as healthy as their wild counterparts. Fish oil is in practice the only economically viable source of these essential fats for feed purposes, and around 80 percent of all fish oil is consumed by the aquaculture sector (Figure 1). However, this amount seems to be going down despite the growing aquaculture production, as the demand for fish oil for direct human consumption is rapidly increasing.

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Imagine what that plant smells like

[@shawnmack11]

We all know.

[@ArcticSeraph]

Like fish?

[@quotient8854]

Your moma

[@joycejean-baptiste4355]

Thanks for explaining how your manufacturing of fish oil.

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- Å fan!

[@chrisgoldbach4450]

Everyone wants to complain. Go fishing or support depopulation. This is really healthy for our bodies. Animal is needed. This is really good for inflamation

[@kantammakore2292]

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[@bashkillszombies]

You can't tell me this is sustainable.

[@standardguru8]

I am neither vegan nor vegetarian but this makes me sick to my stomach. Food and especially from animals should at least be appreciated, celebrated, respected.. not rendered into a product in a machine for mass production :(

[@alexanderscott2456]

Putting aside the issue of overfishing, how do you expect to feed billions of people without mass production?