Monitoring the extraneous matters in pulps of tomato, guava, mango and strawberry marketed during the seasons of the year
Rev. Inst. Adolfo Lutz (Online)
; 73(4): 325-330, out.-dez. 2014. tab, graf
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| ID: lil-783208
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ABSTRACT
Fruit-derived products sold in Brazil and for exportation are required to comply with the quality and safety standards. These products and, among them, the fruit pulps may contain extraneous materials due to the inappropriate conditions or practices during their production, storage and distribution, including filth, decomposed material and miscellaneous materials. This study aimed at evaluating the sanitary conditions(regarding to extraneous materials) of fruit pulps sold in the Great São Paulo, during the four seasons of 2010. This investigation analyzed 115 tomato pulp, 93 guava pulp, 99 strawberry pulp and 89 mango pulp by means of the techniques described in the AOAC, 18th, 2005, Chapter 16 - Extraneous Materials Isolation. Insect fragments were the most frequent filth category detected in the pulps (in 93 % of guava and strawberry, 77 % of tomato and 48 % of mango samples), followed by the rodent hair (in 24 % of tomato, in 3 % of guava, in 1 % of strawberry and in 0.5 % of mango samples). The occurrence of miteswas mostly frequent in strawberry samples (33 %). This study indicated that the majority of the analyzed pulps showed satisfactory sanitary conditions, evidencing that the Good Manufacturing Practices was adopted by the productive sector...
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LILACS
Sujet Principal:
Qualité alimentaire
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Surveillance de l'environnement
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Pratiques de Bonne Fabrication
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Jus
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Fruit
Type d'étude:
Guideline
Limites du sujet:
Humans
langue:
En
Texte intégral:
Rev. Inst. Adolfo Lutz (Online)
Thème du journal:
Medicina
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Microbiologia
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Sa£de P£blica
Année:
2014
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Article