Quality in dairy: evaluation of knowledge about the subject among collaborators from a small dairy

  • Grasiele Scaramal Madrona Universidade Estadual de Maringá – UEM
  • Marina Miranda Piola Universidade Estadual de Maringá – UEM
  • Caroline Ortega Terra Universidade Estadual de Maringá – UEM
Keywords: Quality, Dairy, Employees.

Abstract

Milk is a very nutritious food and therefore highly perishable. The dairy in Brazil plays an important part in the national agricultural business. Due to these facts, the law evolves effectively, taking into account that food security is essential to ensuring public health. Boards of health surveillance are increasingly demanding strictness to the ones who produce and sell food. Moreover, quality is an essential factor in achieving a position in a highly competitive market such as dairy. Employees who work in a production chain are essential in ensuring quality. The senior management should be concerned, passing important information to them, through constant training and lectures. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge of employees from a small dairy about quality in processing. As a result, a good knowledge of the employees on this subject was noticed, which shows the concern of the dairy on the issue, despite of being classified as a small business.

Author Biographies

Grasiele Scaramal Madrona, Universidade Estadual de Maringá – UEM
Docente do Departamento de Engenharia Química da Universidade Estadual de Maringá – UEM. E-mail: gsmadrona@uem.br
Marina Miranda Piola, Universidade Estadual de Maringá – UEM
Graduanda em Engenharia de Alimentos pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá – UEM; E-mail: marina.piola@yahoo.com.br
Caroline Ortega Terra, Universidade Estadual de Maringá – UEM
Bolsista da Fundação Araucária; Discente em Engenharia de Alimentos no Departamento de Engenharia Química da Universidade Estadual de Maringá – UEM. E-mail: carolaterra@hotmail.com
Published
2009-09-28
Section
Environment