O comércio de comida de rua: caracterização da oferta de alimentos e aspectos higiênico-sanitários do município de São Raimundo Nonato - PI

Abstract

Street foods are food and drinks prepared and sold by street vendors, families, orpeople who live in informality, either because they do not get fixed and formal jobs, oruse them to supplement family income, and thus, they usually sell theminsearchofsurvival, of integral profitability to the few and low wages in order to haveabetterquality of life. They are manufactured, handled, exposed to sales and servedmainlyon streets and public places, or in small improvised spaces in the backyardandatthe back of the houses, given the characteristic, precarious and lowcomplexityof theproducts and services offered, the equipment and the business, in additiontotherelevant question of the target audience to which these types of foods aredirected,and has almost all consumers, classes D and C, whose few are demandingastohygiene requirements, location, taste, being attracted by speed and way of serving,or the common flavor and affection to traditional popular foods on thedailytable.Thus, the present work aimed to characterize the street food trade in themunicipalityof São Raimundo Nonato, Piauí. Data collection was performedusingaquestionnaire containing closed and open questions with socioeconomic information,about the activity (working time in the sector, type of food sold andcarryingoutanother activity) and sanitary hygienic issues regarding the handler. Inall, eightstreet vendors were interviewed, where it was possible to observe that thisactivityiscarried out predominantly by men, by a group with low education, andwhohavebeen working in the area for more than ten years, with the activity of street vendorsas their main activity. source of income. The foods sold are those linked tothecultureof the city and are therefore very present in the daily lives of residents, withbuchadaand skewers being the most frequent. Regarding hygienic-sanitary conditions, non-conformities were observed in relation to the uniform, hair protection andhandlingofmoney and food by the same person, although the majority reported havingacourseon the correct handling of food