title: [Analysis of the vegetable productive chain in Ribeirão Preto, SP].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP. otakay@rnp.fmrp.usp.br
authors.forename: Osvaldo M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Takayanagui
authors.forename: Divani M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Capuano
authors.forename: Carlos A D
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Alzira M M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bergamini
authors.forename: Madalena H T
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Okino
authors.forename: Ana A M C
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Castro e Silva
authors.forename: Maria A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Eliana G A
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Angela M M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Takayanagui
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D005516:Food Microbiology; D016266:Food Parasitology; D014675:Vegetables / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology*