DIAGNÓSTICO DAS CONDIÇÕES HIGIÊNICAS DOS ESTABELECIMENTOS DE COMERCIALIZAÇÃO DA CARNE SUÍNA DE OITO MUNICÍPIOS DA MICRORREGIÃO DO BREJO PARAIBANO

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the hygienic conditions of establishments and manipulators that market pork in free markets, of eight municipalities in the Brejo Paraibano Microregion: Alagoa Grande, Alagoa Nova, Areia, Bananeiras, Borborema, Matinhas, Pilões and Serraria. The research was carried out during the months of May to September 2017, where weekly visits were made to establishments on the days of the fairs. The data were collected through observations and application of semi - structured questionnaires consisting of 35 questions that dealt with aspects related to the conditions of handling, storage, conservation, hygiene of the facilities, hygiene of the manipulators and utensils used in the pork marketing process. The results showed that the conditions of commercialization of pork in most establishments were very precarious. The presence of meat refrigeration equipment was not observed, and these were marketed at room temperature, exposed to heat and other untempers. The utensils used were in a regular state, however, cleaning was done only with dirty cotton cloth. It was observed a very poor state of hygiene of both the facilities and the manipulators (fairgrounds). Traders did not use accessories suitable for handling food, burrows, gloves, and clothing. And in all the establishments visited, traders had the habit of manipulating food and money at the same time, did not wash their hands when changing their function and used adornments such as bracelets and watches. It is concluded that it is necessary to adopt measures to disseminate educational information to traders regarding the good practices of handling pork and sanitary maintenance of establishments.