Alimentos comercializados por ambulantes da praça Deodoro e da feira da Cidade Operária: uma questão de segurança dos alimentos

Abstract

Foods marketed by street vendors are comprised of foods and beverages ready for consumption, produced and / or sold on public roads, for immediate consumption or later. In order to evaluate the way food products were marketed by street vendors in Praça Deodoro and the City Fair, questionnaires were applied with questions related to the profile of sellers and consumers and questions about food safety. The data was tabulated in the Microsoft Office Excel 2010 program and interpreted through descriptive statistics. A checklist was used to analyze the hygienic and sanitary conditions of food commercialization. Regarding the profiles, there was a predominance of female salespeople and consumers, with less than 30 years of age and with full secondary education. And in matters relating to food safety, it was found that sellers and consumers have a level of regular knowledge about food safety. The sanitary and sanitary conditions of the Fair of the City of Work and of Praça Deodoro presented higher percentages of nonconformities, as they were not in accordance with Resolution RDC No. 216/2004 of ANVISA. In view of this, the need for training programs for street vendors and intensification in the supervision of the itinerant food trade and for consumers health education on food hygiene is evidenced.