MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF PLATES AND CUTLERY IN SELF-SERVICE AND POPULAR RESTAURANTS IN JUAZEIRO DO NORTE, BRAZIL

Authors

  • Maria Lucilene Queiroz da Silva Intituto Federa de Eduação,Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará
  • Pedro Everson Alexandre Aquino UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO CEARÁ
  • Livia Maria Garcia Leandro Faculdade Leão Sampaio
  • Fabrina de Moura Alves Faculdade Leão Sampaio
  • Francisco Clark Nogueira Barros Intituto Federa de Eduação,Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará
  • Vivianne Cortez Sombra Vandesmet Faculdade Leão Sampaio

Keywords:

Microorganisms, Self-Service Restaurants, Utensils

Abstract

The number of self-service restaurants has been increasing continually due to female insertion in the labor market and to industrial and commercial industries, with the continuous gap between the working places and homes. Issues on the origin and quality of meals in these restaurants have been discussed due to the possibility of contamination and consequently food-originating diseases. Good practices in the manufacture, handling and storing of food, according to procedures by the Brazilian Agency of Sanitary Vigilance, are mandatory, with special reference to the microbiological investigation of utensils used, such as plates and cutlery. In fact, they are in constant contact with food during intake. Current paper analyzes plates and cutlery in self-service and other popular restaurants in Juazeiro do Norte CE Brazil, from the microbiological point of view. Assays were conducted on samples of plates and cutlery, inoculated in BHI and in chromogenic culture CPS. E. coli was positive by EMB and the multiple tube technique was employed for CTT analyses. Results revealed fungus, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella sp., Proteus sp. Pseudomonas sp. Staphylococcus sp. and Streptococcus sp. CTT analyses revealed 20% prevalence for self-service restaurants and 90% for popular ones. Inefficient hygiene-sanitary conditions were extant in the restaurants under analysis.

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Author Biographies

Maria Lucilene Queiroz da Silva, Intituto Federa de Eduação,Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará

Biomédica do Intituto Federa de Eduação,Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará

Pedro Everson Alexandre Aquino, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO CEARÁ

Graduado em Biomedicina, pela Faculdade Leão Sampaio-Juazeiro do Norte-CE. Especialização em andamento em Hematologia Clínica.Mestrado de Farmacologia em andamento na Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fez monitoria das disciplinas de Farmacologia e Anatomia Humana. Desenvolve projetos de pesquisa nas áreas de Farmacologia, Microbiologia e Produtos Naturais.

Livia Maria Garcia Leandro, Faculdade Leão Sampaio

Especialista em Microbiologia, Professora de Microbiologia -Faculdade Leão Sampaio

Fabrina de Moura Alves, Faculdade Leão Sampaio

Especialista em Citopatologia, professora de Uranálises e Parasitologia da Faculdade Leão Sampaio

Francisco Clark Nogueira Barros, Intituto Federa de Eduação,Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará

Professor mestre do Intituto Federa de Eduação,Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará

Vivianne Cortez Sombra Vandesmet, Faculdade Leão Sampaio

Professora mestre da Faculdade Leão Sampaio-CE e Faculdade Santa Maria-PB

Published

2014-12-05

How to Cite

Silva, M. L. Q. da, Aquino, P. E. A., Garcia Leandro, L. M., Alves, F. de M., Barros, F. C. N., & Vandesmet, V. C. S. (2014). MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF PLATES AND CUTLERY IN SELF-SERVICE AND POPULAR RESTAURANTS IN JUAZEIRO DO NORTE, BRAZIL. Saúde E Pesquisa, 7(3). Retrieved from https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/3699

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