Avaliação das boas práticas em Unidades de Alimentação Escolar da zona rural do município de Pelotas, RS

Objective : to evaluate the feeding practices, through a checklist made in public schools’ Food and Nutrition Units (UAN) in the rural area of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul. Materials and Methods : this is a cross-sectional school-based census-type of study conducted in 2015/2016 with school managers. We used a checklist adapted from State Ordinance 78 of January 30, 2009, which consisted of 87 assessment items, categorized into 11 groups. For the evaluation of critical items, the scoring criteria of RDC 275/2002 were used. We classified each UAN as Group 1, Group 2, and Group 3; respectively, each group serves from 76 to 100%, 51 to 75%, up to 50% of items. The data collected were double entered in the software EpiData 3.1, and later the absolute and relative frequencies were described in the Stata 12.1 software. Results : twenty schools participated in the survey. Of these, 10% (n = 2) were classified in Group 1; 30% (n = 6) in Group 2 and 60% (n = 12) in Group 3. Regarding the total number of items, only 5% (n = 1) was classified in Group 1; 85% (n = 17) in Group 2 and 10% (n = 2) in Group 3. Conclusion : in general, the food offered to the students, regarding its production, does not meet the good manufacturing practices, generating a risk of contamination, and thus not ensuring one of the principles of the National School Feeding Program.