Evaluation of a GMP training of milkers in dairy goat farms in São Paulo, Brazil

Abstract

A good manufacturing practices (GMP) training course was applied for goat milkers and evaluated using microbiological analysis in milk before and after training. Milkers from three dairy goat farms located in São Paulo, Brazil, were submitted to a one-hour course on GMP and recommended guidelines for milking. Samples of raw milk were collected before and one to two months after training, and analysed for aerobic mesophilic, psychrotrophic, coliform, Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella spp counts. Only mesophilic counts decreased (p < 0.05) after training in two of three farms studied. Although important to assess the overall quality of milk, microbiological parameters should not be used alone for the evaluation of GMP effectiveness for goat milkers.

Educational Interventions to Improve Safety and Health Literacy Among Agricultural Workers: A Systematic Review

“…Of these 36 studies, a number of 12 studies focused on farm-induced diseases such as prevention of zoonosis [36][37][38][39][40], asthma [41][42][43], skin cancer [44], hearing loss [45], and good manufacturing practices for prevention of antimicrobial resistance [46] and microbiological contamination [47]. A number of two studies focused on agricultural health promotion [48,49] and 23 studies focused on accident and injury prevention concerning pesticide safety [50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64] and injury prevention among farmers [65][66][67][68][69][70][71].…”

“…The years of publication varied from 1996 [44] to 2018 [63]. Eighteen articles presented research performed in North America (16 in USA) [42][43][44][45]51,53,54,59,61,[64][65][66][67][68][69][70], one in Canada [38], and one in Nicaragua [60]); eight articles presented research performed in Asia (three in Thailand [62,63,71], two in India [52,57], one in Laos [37], one in Cambodia [39], and one in Vietnam [40]); four articles presented research from South America (two from Ecuador [55,58], one from Bolivia [56], and one from Brazil [47]); three articles presented research from Africa (two from Tanzania [36,46] and one from Egypt [50]); two articles were from Australia [48,49], and one from Europe [41]. Of the studies considered for the review, six had used an RCT as a study design [36,39,61,63,64,69], 20 used a pre-post with control group…”

“…From the studies included in this review, four had a weak methodological quality [47,53,57,65], 19 had a moderate methodological quality [38,[40][41][42][44][45][46][50][51][52][54][55][56]58,61,63,64,69,71], and 13 had a strong methodological quality [36,39,43,48,49,59,60,62,[66][67][68]70]. None of the studies received a score indicating a very strong methodological quality, since none of them produced results that were generalizable.…”

Empowerment como forma de prevenção de problemas de saúde em trabalhadores de abatedouros

“…A formação profi ssional dos veterinários, por outro lado, historicamente não contempla temas relacionados à prática educacional, constituindo obstáculo para projetos de educação para trabalhadores que prestam serviços na área veterinária. 34 Além disso, a demanda de serviços veterinários na indústria de carnes é exclusivamente voltada para a segurança alimentar, ao passo que os assuntos relacionados à segurança ocupacional são tradicionalmente abordados pelos profi ssionais da área médica e/ou técnicos do Ministério do Trabalho. 28 Ressalta-se que a atuação dos veterinários é de extrema importância para promover o controle sanitário das operações e promover melhorias técnicas para o funcionamento adequado dos abatedouros.…”

“…Entre essas, citam-se: participação de pacientes nos serviços de saúde, 1 participação na comunidade, 3,34 empowerment como ferramenta administrativa 29,30 e empowerment de mulheres. 5,14 No entanto, nos serviços veterinários, incluindo a inspeção de carnes em abatedouros, há desconhecimento dos profi ssionais sobre a educação para o empowerment.…”