Hygienic-sanitary conditions of state schools cafeterias in town of Palmeira das Missões, Rio Grande do Sul
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https://doi.org/10.22239/2317-269X.00960Keywords:
School Food, Good Food Handling Practices, Food Legislation, Food Quality, Sanitary SurveillanceAbstract
Introduction: Food marketing within schools’ cafeterias needs hygienic and sanitary conditions control, from the beginning of production to the food final distribution, ensuring the offered product’s sanity. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the level of suitability of state schools’ cafeterias in Palmeira das Missões (Rio Grande do Sul) about good food handling practices. Method: The hygienic-sanitary conditions diagnostic was carried out by using the verification list pertaining to Ordinance 817, from May 10th, 2013, which has an evaluation instrument that reinforces hygienic and sanitary aspects of the greatest impact to health. Results: From the six cafeterias studied the average suitability was of 17.05%, thus under the recommended from scientific literature. The category that has the biggest suitability percentage referred to urban vectors and pest integrated control (55.56%). Conclusions: The other categories studied presented less than 35.00% of suitability. Therefore, the studied state schools’ cafeterias are not able to safely produce and distribute food to students, according to sanitary legislation, and also adaptations are needed in order to improve the quality of the food offered.Downloads
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