Condenação de carcaça de frango em um abatedouro-frigorífico de aves no estado da Paraíba

Abstract

Brazil presents itself as one of the largest poultry producers and exporters in the world, being a very consumed protein in the national territory as well as in foreign countries. The demand for chicken has increased in recent years, in addition to exports, with slaughter being widespread in the country. Thus, the control of food safety is of paramount importance to meet the increasingly demanding market; within this context are the inspection bodies that guarantee the quality and safety of food. The objective of this study was to evaluate the main causes of condemnation of broiler chickens in a slaughterhouse in the city of Guarabira-PB. For this purpose, company records of condemnation occurrences were collected, evaluating the causes, frequencies and the condemnation rate in relation to the total number of birds slaughtered. The main causes of total convictions during the study period were gastrointestinal and biliary contamination (26.0%), deaths in transport (13.7%), technological failures (11.3%) and cachexia (11.0%). The main causes of partial convictions were gastrointestinal and biliary contamination (42.8%), skin lesions (21.3%) and traumatic injuries (115.7%). It is concluded that the main causes of condemnation were due to technological and management problems. Thus, modernization of equipment, correct fasting time, uniformity in the weight of the animals, as well as training of employees are essential to reduce losses in the slaughterhouse.