“Bare” or “Gloved” Hands: A Study on the Production of Safe Food
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Ana Paula Dutra Resem Brizio
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Carlos Prentice
Abstract
There is no documented evidence proving that the meat products produced by “gloved” hands are safer than those produced by “bare” hands. Thus, this paper proposes to conduct a microbiological investigation to assess cross-contamination between handlers and poultry products in three distinct processing situations: without the use of gloves (bare hands), with the use of reusable gloves and using disposable gloves. The microbiological results showed that the use of hands protected by disposable gloves was significantly better (p < 0.05) compared to the use of bare hands and hands containing reusable gloves. Thus, the adoption of disposable gloves combined with good manufacturing practices training seems to be the most reliable alternative to reduce handler–food contamination during the preparation of poultry products.
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- Safety and Security in Fresh Good Supply Chain
- Performance Analysis of the Water Supply System of a Dairy Company by Means of an Advanced Simulation Tool
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- Moisture Sorption Isotherms, Isosteric Heat of Sorption and Glass Transition Temperature of Murtilla (Ugni molinae T.) Berry
- Salt and Acid-Induced Soft Tofu-Type Gels: Rheology, Structure and Fractal Analysis of Viscoelastic Properties as a Function of Coagulant Concentration
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- Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Gum Extraction from Wild Sage Seed
- Formation and Stability of Vitamin E Enriched Nanoemulsions Stabilized by Octenyl Succinic Anhydride Modified Starch
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- Extraction Kinetics and Properties of Proanthocyanidins from Pomegranate Peel
- An Investigation of Energy Consumption, Solar Fraction and Hybrid Photovoltaic–Thermal Solar Dryer Parameters in Drying of Chamomile Flower
- The Adsorption of Undesirable Impurities from Sunflower Oil on the Granulated Sorbents Based on Kaolin Clay
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- Physicochemical Characterization of Arrowroot Starch (Maranta arundinacea Linn) and Glycerol/Arrowroot Starch Membranes
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- Physicochemical Properties of Chilled Abalone as Influenced by Washing Pretreatment in Citric Acid Combined with High Pressure Processing
- Synergetic Effects of Pulsed Electric Field and Ozone Treatments on the Degradation of High Molecular Weight Chitosan
- Physical, Thermal and Water-Sorption Properties of Passion Fruit Seeds
- Hydrolysis of Hazelnut Shells as a Carbon Source for Bioprocessing Applications and Fermentation
- Variations in Main Flavor Compounds of Freshly Distilled Brandy during the Second Distillation
- Characterization and Semiquantitative Analysis of Volatile Compounds in Six Varieties of Sugarcane Juice
- Influence of Citric Acid Pretreatment on Drying of Peach Slices
- Degradation Kinetics of Bioactive Compounds and Antioxidant Activity of Pomegranate Arils during the Drying Process
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