Handling Practices of Folded Vermicelli by Small-scale Processors in Tanga City, Tanzania
Table 8.
Storage of finalproducts and market information
|
| Variable |
Respondents/ categories |
Frequency |
Percent (%) |
|
|
| Do you have store for final products? |
Yes |
13 |
43.3 |
|
| |
No |
17 |
56.7 |
|
| Products stored until next season |
Yes |
0 |
0.0 |
|
| |
No |
30 |
100.0 |
|
| Storage duration (in month) |
< 1 |
15 |
50.0 |
|
| |
1 – 3 |
9 |
30.0 |
|
| |
4 – 6 |
6 |
20.0 |
|
| |
> 6 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
| Spoilage problems of stored products |
Yes |
5 |
16.7 |
|
| |
No |
25 |
83.3 |
|
| Possible sources of spoilage |
Moulds |
3 |
10.0 |
|
| |
Insects/ rodents |
2 |
6.7 |
|
| Customers |
Wholesalers, retailers and individual |
8 |
26.7 |
|
| |
Wholesalers and retailers |
3 |
10.0 |
|
| |
Retailers and individual |
19 |
63.3 |
|
| Do you receive any complaint from customers? |
Yes |
14 |
46.7 |
|
| |
No |
16 |
53.3 |
|
| What kind of complaint? |
Inadequate dried products |
2 |
6.7 |
|
| |
Easy breakage/brittle products |
8 |
26.7 |
|
| |
Foreign matter contamination |
3 |
10.0 |
|
| |
Discoloration of the products |
1 |
3.3 |
|
| Have customers return products? |
Yes |
6 |
20.0 |
|
| |
No |
24 |
80.0 |
|
| What you do for returned products? |
Receive and destroy it |
2 |
6.7 |
|
| |
Use/sell as animal/chicken feed |
4 |
13.3 |
|
|
Key: <: less than; >: greater than; Source: (Author survey, 2023).
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