Avaliação higiênico-sanitária de unidades de preparo da alimentação escolar de município sul-mato-grossense - BR

Abstract

The children's public is highly vulnerable to foodborne diseases, and greater hygienicsanitary rigor is required in the preparation of their food. The objective of this study was to identify the hygienic-sanitary conditions of pre-school and school feeding units, according to the good practices foreseen in the sanitary legislation. This is an observational and crosssectional study carried out in all public (n = 8) and elementary (n = 7) public schools, from the urban area in a municipality in the southwest region of Mato Grosso do Sul, using the checklist of Good Practices for School Feeding Units, which categorizes the health risk according to the regularities / irregularities identified in six thematic blocks. The results showed that the Units present a regular health risk (100%), with a higher average adequacy for children's schools (69.2% ± 4.7); (54.5% ± 4.1) and fundamental (49.1% ± 3.1), while the receiving unit presented 100% of in all units. The common irregularity was the absence of Standard Operational Procedures and a Manual of Good Manufacturing Practices (100%). It is concluded that there is a need for hygienic-sanitary intervention to reduce health risk and provide food and nutritional security for the school public.