Snail meat is now becoming a highly valued delicacy in
recent times. It is also known and referred to as “Congo Nigeria Nigeria
Snails are
very useful in pharmaceuticals, for the production of certain drugs, because of
their therapeutic properties. It has low fat and cholesterol and is the meat
recommended for special medical patients.
The emergence of snail meat joints in almost every neighborhood
where snail meat delicacies are prepared is a clear indication that snail meat
consumption is gaining a wide acceptance.
PROCESSING PROCEDURES:
Snail meat for export must be processed with great care so
as to increase its marketability. Below are the procedures that must be
followed for processing snail meat for export.
1. The snail should be starved for about 24 hours in other
to empty their stomach
2. Prepare enough quantity of water by boiling at greater
than 70 degrees centigrade and transfer into a bucket or drum
3. Add enough lumps of alum (potassium or ammonium aluminum
sulphate)
4. Transfer the snails into hot water and cover up
immediately
6. Cool under running tap
7. With ease, shake off each snail from its shell into
clean, cool water
8. Remove offal
9. Rinse in two changes of clean cool water
10. At this time, it is ready for immediate consumption or
packaging for export.
PACKAGING FOR EXPORT
Snail Meat for export can be packaged in several ways, these
include the following
CELLOPHANE: this is a transparent paper-like product that is
impervious to moisture and used to wrap candy or products for export.
The processed snail meat may be sealed in cellophane and refrigerated
for local or foreign market.
SUN DRYING/OVEN DRYING: this is another preservation method
for export, after sun drying or oven drying; it should be kept in a neat,
aerated enclosure till when needed.
Live snails could also be packaged in a wooden box, basket
or cellophane with maximum ventilation for export too.
MARKETING
Because of the high demand of snail meat, there are various
channels in which one can market it. They include the following.
1. Hotels
2. Restaurants
3. Stores, supermarket & markets
4. Corporate parties such as wedding, naming/ birthday
celebration
5. Institutions
6. Neighborhoods
If you already have a snail farm at your backyard, or you are planning on establishing one soon, you might want to read this article on snail feeds and feeding.
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