Sanitary inspections handling and marketing of red meat at fairs-free PetrolinaPE municipality.

Abstract

The objective was to evaluate the hygienic-sanitary conditions of the tents that sell bovine, ovine and
caprine meats in the main free trade fairs of the city of Petrolina-PE, such as manipulation, hygiene and commercialization of the products through a visual analysis of the environment, buildings, installations, equipment, utensils, presence of vectors and urban pests and manipulators adapted to the reality of work. Most free fairs were not suitable for trade and handling of these meats, because the necessary requirements were not being put into practice, that is, the meat trade in those environments was not conducive. It was concluded that the meat stands evaluated at the Petrolina-PE free trade fairs presented poor hygiene conditions of several factors such as handlers, facilities, utensils and food, and could present
high levels of contamination, thus necessitating a corrective action plan of the inadequacies and deficiencies addressing actions such as infrastructure and training of traders regarding Good Food Manufacturing / Handling Practices.