FOOD SAFETY OF MINAS TRADITIONAL CHEESE OF SERRO, MINAS GERAIS STATE, BRAZIL, AS A RESULT OF GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES
The production of Minas Traditional Serro Cheese without the Good Manufacturing Practices compromises the quality of the product, offering risks to consumer’s health. Aiming to identify the main points of contamination of the milking and cheese manufacturing process and their correlation with the mi...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2009 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG) |
| Repositorio: | Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistas.ufg.br:article/4509 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/4509 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Minas Traditional Serro Cheese Staphylococcus aureus Escherichia coli Queijo Minas Artesanal |
| Resumo: | The production of Minas Traditional Serro Cheese without the Good Manufacturing Practices compromises the quality of the product, offering risks to consumer’s health. Aiming to identify the main points of contamination of the milking and cheese manufacturing process and their correlation with the microbial contamination, a structured questionnaire about the hygienic and sanitary conditions of cheese production was applied to cheese producers. In addition, samples of cheese were collected and analyzed for coliforms 30ºC, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and aerobic mesophilic bacteria. The points identified, presenting correlation with microbiological analysis, were insalubrity of the place where the cheese was manufactured, presence of domestic animals, and the hygiene of food handlers. It is essential to qualify producers to adopt corrective and preventive measures to minimize or avoid contamination of the Minas Traditional Serro Cheese. KEY-WORDS: Minas Traditional Serro Cheese; Staphylococcus aureus; Escherichia coli. |
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