A prática na manipulação de frutas e hortaliças em feiras da zona norte de Macapá durante pandemia de Covid-19.

• Autor(a) principal: VINHAS, Beatriz Fortes
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: SILVA, Edreiulo Palheta, NEVES, Priscila Allenne
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório do Instituto Federal do Amapá
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.ifap.edu.br:8080/jspui/handle/prefix/333
• topic: Feiras livres - higiene; Alimentos - doenças transmitidas; Alimentos - manipulação; CNPQ::CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::CIENCIA E TECNOLOGIA DE ALIMENTOS::CIENCIA DE ALIMENTOS

Fairs represent one of the oldest trades, which has existed in society since antiquity, where producers met to exchange and sell goods, and over time the fairs increase and began to have a more economic bias, contributing to the expansion of the economic activities of the countries. In this perspective, the objective of this study was to evaluate the hygienic and sanitary conditions of free fairs and fairs that sell vegetables and fruits at the fairs of the North Zone of Macapá, Amapá, based on the recommendations of RDC MS/ANVISA n° 216/2004 and identify the influence of COVID-19 on the hygiene practices of fairgoers, marketing of its products before and during the pandemic. To this do so, exploratory research was based and was based on an analysis of qualitative and interpretative analysis, based on the observed reality, and as a data collection instrument, a socio-economic questionnaire was used cultural policy applied to 34 fairgoers. In addition, it carried out the Checklist application according to RDC 216/2004, and this was adapted for the present work. The results showed that predominantly the fairgoers are female, aged between 18 and 40 entre 18 a 40 years old, with basic education, with an average income of 1 to 2 minimum wages, it was also observed that the hygienic-sanitary habits of the fairgoers changed during this pandemic period, where before COVID-19 it was found that 82% of the vendors sanitized their hands with soap and water, 12% used alcohol to sanitize and 6% said that rarely sanitize their hands, while during the pandemic 91% of the fairgoers reported that alcohol use increased and for 9% the consumption remained the same. Regarding the training of workers, 82% of them never took courses related to food handling practices, which influences personal hygiene practices and product hygiene. The data obtained showed that in two of the fairs no objects were found in disuse or strangers in the external area, in the internal area the result was the opposite, in relation to the floor 100% of the fairs analyzed do not have smooth coatings, the ceilings of the fairs are also not in conformity, as are the floors as partitions between the stalls, moreover in two of the three fairs as sanitary facilities and clothing are inside the place. As noted, the results showed that there is a need for training of traders and also a physical restructuring of the fairs, seeking greater adaptation to RDC 216/2004.