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DRIED FISH MARKET BOOST THROUGH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Anabelle Caro almost gave up her business due to high product returns caused by rapid product deterioration and short
shelf life until science and technology came to intervene in the business.

In 2000, the company was established with a stall located at Iloilo Central Market and additional two mall stores. The
owner was on the verge of giving up, given that the quality of the products was deteriorated quickly and have short shelf-
life, which resulted to an increased number of returned items. The company availed technical intervention and assistance
offered by Department of Science and Technology (DOST) through Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program -
Innovation System Support Fund (SETUP-ISSF) and Food Safety Consultancy, which helped the business improve the
quality of their products, production efficiency and acquire a License to Operate from FDA.

The intervention brought by DOST through the provision of equipment such as agricultural dryer, vacuum sealer machine,
PE transparent bottom seal MAP bag, stainless steel table for dried fish and chest freezer, has significantly increased its
production capacity by 130% on a weekly basis for dried pusit, guma-a, danggit, tabagak and s isda-bato.

Because of this, the company became confident again that it can reach the leading edge through the help of science and
technology.

Thelmie’s Dried Fish has now gained market boost and started offering quality products to its customers and different
malls in Western Visayas. This has become the product of hard work and tenacity of Ms. Caro, coupled with the assistance
from the DOST.

Presently, Thelmie’s Dried Fish is one among the leading suppliers of dried fish in thirty malls and supermarkets all over
Western Visayas. Being one among the acknowledged adoptors of the DOST VI programs and services, the owner
together with its staff, guaranteed that it will produce good quality products, just like tabagak, pusit, isda-bato, boneless
danggit, squid rings, dilis, boneless dilis, kalkag, fish tapa, and palad flakes.

Thelmie’s Dried Fish was awarded as one of the Provincial Best SETUP Adoptors during the opening program of the
Regional Science and Technology Week 2018 last August 29, 2018 held at Robinsons Place Roxas City, Capiz.

Aside from the SETUP-ISSF and Food Safety Consultancy Program availed by the company, its products are also
featured on OneStore.ph, the online shopping website of DOST. Here are the products offered by Thelmie’s Dried Fish
that can be ordered through http://onestore.ph/index.php/home/vendor/114/DOST-VI-Regional-Hub.
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