GOOD PRACTICES FOR HANDLING FOOD IN CITIES IN THE STATE OF PARANA

Abstract

The occurrence of Hydro Transmission Diseases and Food has increased significantly world level, and oftentimes, the lack of minimum standards of hygiene during preparation becomes the main factor contaminating food. This way, the present work had as objective guide food handlers on Good Handling Practices. Aiming to guide food handlers towards Good Handling Practices, trainings were planned according to RDC Nº216/2004 and implemented by Nutrition and Veterinary Medicine students participating in the Good Design Practices Project for handling/manufacturing food products from the Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul, in a partnership with the Health Surveillance in the city of Santa Izabel do Oeste and Realeza - Paraná. Each training was evaluated, in the end, through evaluation record, distributed for each one of the participants. A total of 15 trainings were conducted covering 177 food handlers. From the analysis of the records, the training had good acceptance, because the participants evaluated positively how were taught and there were no claims. Besides that each participant becomes an information multiplier; the project thus fulfils the transforming function of university extension activities. In addition, the trainings indissociably integrated teaching, research and extension and allowed scholars to conduct activities that stimulate the search for solutions, which is of great importance to their academic formation.