Table 6 Capacity index of smoking industry
From: Ensuring food security: an analysis of the industrial smoking fishery sector of Ghana
Parameters | Performance |
|---|---|
Capacity utilisation | Up to 50% |
Storage | 120 m3 |
Logistics and marketing | Can easily be contacted by phone, email and a few, websites Are easily found on Internet as partners of some projects |
Labour productivity | Up to 1.3 t/person/year |
Technology and processes | High technology equipment (bought in Europe, North America) in most cases composed of: Dryer Smoker Chiller |
Waste material utilisation | Selling the waste to various farms (piggery, poultry and fish) to mix their food |
Products quality | Depending on species, and on the order of the client: either whole or sliced, gutted sometimes light brown to dark colour |
Packaging and labelling | Packaging in brown soft paper, and in boxes, labelled with the approved number |