摘要：Since most of the fish products is consumed fresh, there have been several research works to regulate and/or extend shelf-life of fresh aquatic food products during the marketing. Some studies focused on fish preservation have been conducted with different antimicrobials, especially with sorbates. Sorbic acid has been used in preservation of various food products for many years and constitutes a GRAS compound which is easily digested by humans. It was determined that sorbates are able to impede or delay proliferation of microorganisms found on the fish, and they prevents the developments of chemical changes and spoilage of the fresh aquatic products. The research, also, showed that sorbates has no deleterious effect of shelf-life extension. Therefore, it might be suggested that sorbates should be used by the fishermen of Turkiye to fully exploit the national aquatic products.
