Práticas em segurança alimentar e nutricional e de bem-estar animal na qualidade do leite do município de Realeza - PR

Abstract

Food and nutritional security is the realization of the right of everyone to regular and permanent access to food with quality, also referring to the vulnerability and risk that exist in a production or consumption environment, and thus animal welfare is considered a consumer markets’ demand that have become increasingly demanding with regard to the quality of the final product. The aim of the research was to characterize milk quality in relation to food and nutritional security and animal welfare. A questionnaire was applied to farmers, followed by the evaluation of animal welfare. Samples of cooled fresh milk were collected for physicalchemical and microbiological analyzes. All the pH’s properties were altered, and most part of them presented nonconformities in non-greasy solids, acidity, mineral salts and freezing point. In the microbiological analyzes, nine properties presented positive values for the total of coliforms in milk. The results of the evaluation of animal welfare showed that in all the analyzed topics the properties were classified in at least 50% of the good, very good, and excellent well being.