PARASITOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF VEGETABLES: FROM THE KITCHEN GARDEN TO THE CONSUMER

• Autor(a) principal: Fernandes, Nelciane de Sousa
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Guimarães, Hildeana Rocha, Amorim, Ana Clara da Silva, Reis, Mouzarllem Barros dos, Trindade, Reginaldo Almeida da, Melo, Ana Carolina Fonseca Lindoso
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Pesquisa (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/4174
• topic: Food-Transmitted Diseases; Helminth; Parasites; Protozoa; Vegetables; Doenças Transmitidas por Alimentos; Helmintos; Parasitos; Protozoários; Verduras

Consumption of food in natura is currently on the increase due to a disposition of the population in eating healthier food. However, the quality of this type of food with regard to microbiological quality is doubtful, since eating raw vegetables may transmit enteroparasites. Current analysis evaluates the parasite contamination of vegetables harvested and commercialized in kitchen gardens, fairs, supermarkets and restaurants in the town of Parnaíba PI Brazil. Four hundred and four samples of fresh vegetables were analyzed, of which 36 were harvested from kitchen gardens, 120 from open-air fairs, 120 from local supermarkets and 128 in restaurants (64 were pre-handled food and 64 were post-handled food). Vegetables were homogenized with distilled water and submitted to sedimentation for 24 h. The sediment was analyzed under a light microscope and revealed that 53% of vegetable samples were contaminated at significant degrees according to the collection sites (p