Oyster depuration display unit for high-end restaurants

Considerable interest has been generated recently on consumption of live oysters in high-end restaurants in cities such as Kochi. A major lacuna in this lucrative and emerging enterprise is the lack of consumer confidence on quality of live oysters, particularly purity of oysters with respect to microorganisms. In a meeting with a large number of chefs of star hotels in Kochi at David Hall on 9th June 2010 organized by the CGH Earth group, scientists of CMFRI gave an exposition on farming of oysters and methods of its purification. A consensus that emerged during the meeting was that oyster purification should be done in a manner which is visible to the restaurant clients. Accordingly the CMFRI is proposing a model ULTRA-PURE DEPURATION DIPLAY UNIT (DDU) the details of which are presented in this manual.