Principais inadequações sanitárias de cantinas escolares observadas nas inspeções realizadas pela vigilância sanitária e ambiental

Abstract

The objective was to evaluate the main sanitary inadequacies of school canteens described in inspections executed by Environmental Health Surveillance in Santo Antônio de Jesus (Bahia) of a municipality of Bahia recôncavo. For this analytical study was conducted, from a inspection guide and technical report, in which 26 schools were selected, with 16 public and 10 private. The inadequacies were divided into four groups, results showed that the main inadequacies refers to the handler’s group (62%), followed by physical structure and facilities’ group (55%), equipment and utensils’ (36%) and production and transportation’s (20%). It was also observed that 100% of public and private establishments lacked Certificate of Occupational Health of food handlers and 100% did not have the certificate of pest control. There was a large difference in the percentage of inadequacy between public and private schools in item No Protection Against Insects and Rodents. At the types of schools, the results were different in the item that evaluated the use of wooden utensils, only one of 10 private schools presented this inadequacy, in contrast to the public schools that showed 12 (n = 16). Given the specificities of the canteens, suggested the creation of a unique law for this segment, as well as the creation of a training program continues to handlers, owners and directors of schools, aiming at the safe production of food served to school children. Keywords: school lunches, food.