A importância da qualificação de manipuladores de alimentos: estudo de caso na produção de salgados na cidade de Mariana/MG

Abstract

Between the years of 2011 and 2014, 102 people - of which 82.35% were women - have been trained in food handling. During the same period, at the request of VISA Mariana / MG, a survey on the bacteriological quality of Snack foods marketed was carried out on the city, in order to verify their bacteriological quality when sold by bakeries, cafeterias and private salting. 82.61% of the 23 analyzed samples had some type of contamination and 13% of the analyzed samples were rejected for having the presence of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. It is therefore concluded that the need for capacity building in food handlers is real: because the sanitary conditions of the establishments were poor, snack foods were storage at inadequate temperature and there was breach of duty of the Good Practice rules.