Street food in Espírito Santo, Brazil: a study about good handling practices and food microbial quality
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Street foods are points of sale of ready-to-eat foods sold on the public roads. However, due to the conditions of handling and sale of food practiced in these trades, these can pose risks to public health. This study aimed to evaluate the conditions of the handling and sale of food from street vendors in Vitória and Serra, Espírito Santo, Brazil. A checklist based on the Brazilian legislation resolution number 216/2004 was used to verify the sanitary conditions of the trades. In addition, samples of foods commercialized in these trades were collected to determine microbiological quality, according to current legislation. Of the 200 trades evaluated, 58.5% were classified as “Poor,” with unsatisfactory hygiene conditions. The main inadequacies were related to the hygienic conditions of the seller. Of the 63 food samples analyzed, 57.1% presented contamination above the limit allowed by the legislation and were as a result considered unfit for consumption. It has been concluded that street vending is still a potential source of pathogens that cause foodborne illness.
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Commercially available coconut water can contain high levels of spoilage and pathogenic microorganisms, including those from the Enterobacteriaceae family.
“This can lead to the presence of high levels of spoilage and pathogenic microorganisms in the commercially available coconut water, including those from the Enterobacteriaceae family [3,4,5].”
The high microorganism counts are likely due to inadequate hygienic practices during extraction, production, and commercialization.
“This is likely due to inadequate hygienic practices during extraction, production, and commercialization, as similarly reported in other regions of Brazil [18,19] and within the same study area [5].”
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Peterle, V. M., Cardoso, J. A. B., Ferraz, C. M., Sousa, D. F. D., Pereira, N., Nassar, A. F. D. C., Castro, V., Mathias, L. A., Cardozo, M. V., & Rossi, G. A. M. (2024) · Microorganisms · doi:10.3390/microorganisms12091883
“This is likely due to inadequate hygienic practices during extraction, production, and commercialization, as similarly reported in other regions of Brazil [18,19] and within the same study area [5].”
Background
- Authors
- FERRARI, A. M., OLIVEIRA, J. D. S. C., & SÃO JOSÉ, J. F. B. D.
- Affiliations
- Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (BR)
- Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brasil; Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brasil
- Venue
- Food Science and Technology
- Publisher
- FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
- Published
- 2021
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- suppl 2
- Pages
- 549-556
- ISSN
- 0101-2061 (ISSN-L)
- 1678-457X
- OpenAlex
- W3127847512
- Cited by
- 34
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 5
- FWCI
- 3.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Food Science and Technology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior ((Code 001))
- Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Food Safety and Hygiene
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Insects and Parasite Interactions
- Keywords
- street food, street vendors, food handling, food hygiene, food microbiological quality, foodborne pathogens, food poisoning, sanitary conditions, food safety legislation, Espírito Santo
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