[Analysis of the vegetable productive chain in Ribeirão Preto, SP].
With the aim of assessing the cumulative risk of lettuce contamination, 45 production chains were investigated. The presence of thermotolerant coliforms, Salmonella and/or parasites was detected in 69% of these, in all steps of the production chain. Quality control in all steps of the lettuce production process should be intensified.
Takayanagui
Osvaldo M
OM
Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP. otakay@rnp.fmrp.usp.br
Capuano
Divani M
DM
Oliveira
Carlos A D
CA
Bergamini
Alzira M M
AM
Okino
Madalena H T
MH
Castro e Silva
Ana A M C
AA
Oliveira
Maria A
MA
Ribeiro
Eliana G A
EG
Takayanagui
Angela M M
AM
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D005516:Food Microbiology; D016266:Food Parasitology; D014675:Vegetables / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology*