Alan B. Stables

Iberstruz SL Calle Prados de la Casa, 73 Cotos de Monterrey 28729 Venturada (Madrid) Spain
Tel : +34-91-843 87 12 | Fax: +34-91-843 87 13 | E-mail: alani@wanadoo.es
 
Ostrich Skin Storage
 
  1. After 7 to 10 days, shake off the old salt.

  2. Place skin onto a storage pallet, flesh side up.

  3. Heavily resalt with fine grain sea salt. Avoid coarse salt.

  4. Fold the extremes of the skin such as the neck and any parts that fall outside the pallet size into the center. Ensure that there is no juice inside the folds and salt in the folds.

  5. Storage temperature should be between 4º and 10º C ( 39º to 50º F ). Never freeze.

  6. As a general rule, do not place over 100 skins on one pallet as this can cause internal heat in skins at the bottom of the pile.

  7. If the cold chain is maintained during the removal and storage of skins, it should be possible to store skins up to 6 months.
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