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Relato de surto de intoxicaçäo alimentar provocada por consumo de bolo contaminado por staphylococcus aureus: importância da higiêne dos manipuladores e condiçöes de conservaçäo do alimento na prevençäo da doença

1996; Volume: 56; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.53393/rial.1996.v56.36581

2176-3844

Maria Helena Passos, Arnaldo Y. Kuaye,

Agricultural and Food Sciences

This work report an outbreak of food poisoning which occured in March, 1994, in the city of Santa Barbara D'Oeste, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The food involved was an icingcovered and custard-filled cake, contamined by Staphylococcus aureus at a leveI of 2,9 x 109UFC/g. Based on the epidemiologic investigation and high contamination it was conc1uded that Staphylococcus aureus was the pathogen responsible for the outbreak. The possible factors which contributed to the occurrence of the outbreak, poor hygienic practices of foodhandlers and holding of food at room temperature, will be discussed.