FOOD QUALITY CONTROL

Setting the Course in Quality and Safety of Seafood Products: Assurance in Every Shipment to Any Corner of the World

From Mar del Plata
to the world

Quality Control MDQ is a recently formed company by a qualified team of professionals, with years of experience in quality control of seafood products. Located in Mar del Plata, the main fishing port of the country, it provides the opportunity to control from production to dispatch to any destination in the world.

Our main objetive is to provide a comprehensive service that adapts to the individual standards of each customer. We ensure the quality of the seafood product from its source, guaranteeing that each shipment reaches its destination in compliance with each customer's requirements.

Food Quality Control

It involves the use of physical, chemical, technological, sensory, microbiological, and nutritional tools to ensure its optimal level of aspects such as safety, hygiene, appropriate flavor, nutrients, and other parameters necessary for safety.

Safety

It is the security that the consumer has when eating a food that it will not cause harm to their health. This means that it must provide the nutrients that the human body needs to maintain life and meet the hygienic-sanitary requirements that guarantee that a disease will not occur when consumed.

Food Safety

It is achieved when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food to satisfy their dietary needs and preferences, with the aim of leading an active and healthy life.

Products

HAKE

Merluccius hubbsi

(Merluza hubbsi, merluza, argentine hake)

Clase: Osteichthyes.
Familia: Merlucciidae.
Presentación: HG / HGT / FILLETS // special filets ( calibreated, skin on/off V cut).

CROAKER

Micropogonias furnieri

(Corvina, corvinata, verrugato, corvina-marisqueira, corvina-linha, cascuda, acoupa cheval, roncador, white croaker)

Clase: Osteichthyes.
Familia: Sciaenidae.
Presentación: WR-GS-HG (panready).

WHITING

Cynoscion guatucupa

(Pescadilla de red, maría mole, pescadilla de calada, stripped weakfish)

Clase: Osteichthyes.
Familia: Sciaenidae.
Presentación: WR - FILETS - SKI ON /OFF.

SEA BREAM

Pagrus pagrus

(Pargo, güerito, red porgy)

Clase: Osteichthyes.
Familia: Sparidae.
Presentación: WR-GS.

GROUPER

Acanthistius patachonicus

(Argentine sea bass)

Presentación: WR - Filets.

SNAPPER

Umbrina canosai

(Castanha, chora-chora, Argentine croaker)

Clase: Osteichthyes.
Familia: Sciaenidae.
Presentación: WR y GS.

MACKEREL

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Familia: -
Presentación: -

ANCHOVY

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SILVERSIDE

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SHRIMP

Pleoticus muelleri

(Langostino, Argentine red shrimp)

Clase: Malacostraca.
Familia: Solenoceridae.
Presentación: WR - TAIL (C1/CR/CMIX) - P&D - TAIL ON.

SQUID

Illex argentinus

(Calamar argentino, Argentine hortfin squid)

Clase: Cephalopoda.
Familia: Ommastrephidae.
Presentación: WR - VAINA - TENTACULO - ALETA.

ROYAL NIGHTMING

Macrodon ancylodon

(Pescada-foguete, pescada, pescadilla de red, curvinata de mar, King weakfish.)

Clase: Osteichthyes.
Familia: Sciaenidae.
Presentación: WR - FILETS - SKI ON /OFF.

SOLE

Xystreurys rasile

(Linguado, Flounder)

Clase: Osteichthyes.
Familia: Paralichthyidae.
Presentación: Filet con piel (PBI).

HADDOCK O POUT

Genypterus blacodes

(Abadejo manchado, congrio dorado, Pink cuskeel)

Clase: Osteichthyes.
Familia: Ophidiidae.
Presentación: HGT y filet.

STICK FISH

Percophis brasiliensis

(Tira-vira, ajorreal, Brazilian flathead)

Clase: Osteichthyes.
Familia: Percophididae.
Presentación: Filet PBI - Filet PBO - entero.

Destination

  • UNITED STATES
  • BRAZIL
  • SPAIN
  • ITALY
  • FRANCE
  • UK
  • RUSSIA
  • CROATIA
  • BELGIUM
  • UKRAINE
  • BULGARIA
  • CHINA
  • THAILAND
  • VIETNAM
  • SOUTH COREA
  • SOUTH AFRICA
  • NIGERIA
  • ECUATORIAL GUINEA
  • GHANA
  • CONGO
  • IVORY COAST
  • CAMEROON
  • ANGOLA
  • GABON

Service #0

During production inspections

Visits to the plant are coordinated with the quality personal on the days on the product of interest is made. It is verified that the products satisfies the requirements and quality standards at the time of production.

Service #1

Load control

Pre Inspection
Days before, it coordinates with the plant to control the product to be exported.


Inspection
It is carried out the day of the load, monitoring from the beginning to the end, verifying that the quality of the product is the one that was inspected in the pre inspection. At the end, within 24 hours the report will be sent via mail.

Service #2

Load control and sample taking for Thawed and Cooking test


Pre inspection and adittional
Samples are removed from the plant to perform a thawed and cooking test by a specialist from our company, in order to evaluate their characteristic ( texture, odour, color, flavor) not only froozen but also in their differents states. The report is then sent via mail.


Inspection the load

Service #3

Load control, sample taking for thawed and cooking test and laboratory analysis

Pre inspection and adittional
It is coordinated with the laboratory of the UTN ( National Techological University) of Mar del Plata to analyze samples at carry out NBVT.


Inspection the load

Other laboratory tests that may be performed

BAM counts, Total Coliform counts: Presence/absence of E. Coli, Staphyloccocus counts: Presence/absence of Pseudomona Aeruginosa.

Staff

Sofia Chierichetti

General manager / comercial manager

+54 223 4249246
sofia.c@qualitycontrolmdq.com

Melisa Elias

Technical staff / Inspector

+54 223 5474342
melisa.e@qualitycontrolmdq.com

Antonela Rios

Technical staff / Inspector

control1@qualitycontrolmdq.com