Importância do médico na fiscalização e inspeção sanitária de produtos de origem animal como garantia na saúde pública: relato de caso.

Abstract

The veterinarian plays an important role in ensuring the safety of food of animal origin. Meat is a potential contributor to outbreaks of foodborne diseases and that they must be properly inspected before being sent to the population's table, there are several problems related to the consumption of uninspected food, from clandestine slaughter to clandestine processing, mainly the DTA'S The main sensory characteristics analyzed by consumers at the time of purchase of this product are observed, however other factors such as lack of health education and purchasing power lead them to purchase. The inspection and inspection of the veterinarian consists in the verification of possible alterations that make the food unfit for human consumption. So, in addition to monitoring the production chain, the veterinarian, as an inspector, is responsible for deciding what is in proper conditions for consumption and condemning those that are inappropriate. The objective of this work is to demonstrate the importance of the Veterinary Doctor as an inspection agent in food safety and public health and to report a case of inspection by the official veterinary medical team of the state and the official veterinary medical team of the municipality, where there was an inspection, inspection, notification action. , seizure and destruction of 1.5 tons of product from an establishment that processed meat for the purpose of making jerked meat clandestinely.