How shrimp is processed.

The shrimp process begins with freshly caught shrimp from both the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.

Shrimp are unloaded, size-graded, then cooked or breaded, depending on what product is required.

After further inspections, shrimp enter one of two 5,000 pound/shift tunnels. Shrimp travel through these freezers on conveyors, then are discharged directly into shipping containers or cartons. Product is distributed through a network of 50 brokers, from Canada to Puerto Rico.

Throughout processing, quality is continuously monitored. Ready-to-ship shrimp are regularly sampled by quality control. And from time to time, samples of breaded shrimp- Variety’s biggest seller- are deepfried.

The seasoned breading must form a golden-brown, crisp coating after frying for 3-4 minutes at 350F. This is important because a coating that isn’t crisp indicates too much moisture.

Примечания к тексту:

1. Ответьте на вопросы по тексту.

1.Variety Seafoods Inc. cuts the cost of freezing shrimp over $16,000 a year, doesn’t it?

2.What made these savings possible?

3.What type of freezers does the company use?

4.What new equipment was necessary for the conversion?

5.What other modifications were made?

2. Опишите процесс переработки креветок.

3. Переведите следующие предложения на английский язык письменно.

1.Исполнительный вице-президент компании подтвердил экономию расходов на замораживание креветок.

2.Десять лет назад компания использовала жидкий азот, и это было правильное (благоразумное) решение, так как его стоимость была ниже, чем СО₂.

3.Креветки, обжаренные в сухарях, - это основная (главная) продукция, производимая компанией Variety.

4. Переведите резюме этого текста на русский язык.

Freshly caught shrimp are inspected before entering the converted freeze tunnel. Going from LN2 to CO₂ lowered refrigerant costs by more than $16,000 a year.

5. Напишите краткое изложение текста на русском языке. Прокомментируйте часть текста, которая показалась вам наиболее интересной.

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CATFISH FARM CHANGES TO CO₂ FREEZING

Changing to carbon-dioxide (CO₂) for its catfish-freezing operation brought a net-full of advantages to Welfed Catfish, Inc.

“With the CO₂ line,” says Don Haynie, general manager, “ we are able to pull nearly twice the BTUs from our product, compared to nitrogen. But the big factor is that we are able to process and package far more efficiently in less space.”

Welfed’s fish farm consists of about 2,800 acres of water, and is capable of producing 8 million pounds of channel catfish every 18-24 months. The company processes catfish at a rate of about 9,000 pounds per hour.

About 70% of production is ice-packed, but the remainder is frozen. These pass through a three-tier CO₂ tunnel freezer. This triple-tier freezer measures 21-ft long, and contains some 51-ft of conveyor belt.

The previous nitrogen-fed tunnel, on the other hand, was a single-tier freezer measuring 45-ft long. Installing the new freezer allows more efficient use of existing floor-space.

Furthermore, the CO₂ tunnel is equipped with variable-speed control, rather than the continuous-feed control of the previous freezer. This makes the freezing operation more efficient because it allows the freezer to be regulated according to production requirements.

At Welfed, the freezer tunnel is maintained at –95F, so the catfish – averaging 7 to 12-oz – are frozen within the 12-minute dwell-time through the tunnel.

Additionally, Welfed expects to use slightly more than one pound of CO₂ to process one pound of product. By comparison, it took considerably more nitrogen to freeze the same amount of product. And,says a company spokesperson, the nitrogen cost Welfed about 35% more per ton than CO₂ before the changeover was made.

Примечания к тексту:

catfish – зубатка (рыба)

BTU – British Thermal Unit,Британская тепловая единица

dwell-time – время нахождения продукта в морозильном

аппарате

tier – ярус

floor-space – производственная площадь

1. Ответьте на вопросы по тексту.

1.What did changing to CO₂ bring to Welfed Catfish, Inc.?

2.How many pounds of catfish is Welfed’s fish farm capable of producing every two years?

3.Was the previous nitrogen fed tunnel a single- tier or a three-tier freezer?

4.What makes the freezing operation in the CO₂ tunnel more efficient?

5.What proportion of product is frozen in a three-tier CO₂ tunnel freezer?

2. Переведите следующие предложения на английский язык.

1.Welfed Catfish, Inc. получила много преимуществ от применения углекислого газа для замораживания зубатки.

2.Одно из самых важных преимуществ – это то, что компания может переработать и упаковать рыбу более эффективно.

3. Кроме того, компания планирует использовать чуть больше одного фунта (450 г.) СО₂ на один фунт продукции.

3. Опишите процесс замораживания креветок на установке фирмы Welfed Catfish, Inc.

4. Переведите резюме этого текста на русский язык.

Carbon dioxide feeds this 21-ft, -95F freezer tunnel, so catfish are frozen in the 12-min dwell-time. Frozen fish are then packed into polyethylene-lined cartons.

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