OCORRÊNCIA DE COLIFORMES FECAIS E Escherichia coli EM ALFACE COMERCIALIZADA EM GOIÂNIA-GO OCCURRENCE OF FECAL COLIFORMS AND E. coli ON LETTUCE MARKETED IN GOIÂNIA-GOIÁS

• Main Authors: Henriqueta Merçon Vieira Rolim, Maria Célia Lopes Torres
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal de Goiás 2007-09-01
• Series: Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical
• Online Access: http://www.revistas.ufg.br/index.php/pat/article/view/2602

&lt;!-- @page { margin: 2cm } --&gt; &lt;p class="western" align="justify"&gt;Exames bacteriológicos foram realizados em 51 amostras de alface procedentes de sete setores de Goiânia - GO e expostas à venda ao consumidor. Destas, 48 (91,1%) revelaram a presença de coliformes fecais e 15 (22,9%) de Escherichia coli. No conjunto das amostras, 11 (22,9%) apresentaram-se fora dos padrões estabelecidos pela legislação, no que se refere à presença de coliformes fecais.&lt;/p&gt;<br>&lt;!-- @page { margin: 2cm } --&gt; &lt;p class="western" align="justify"&gt;Fifty samples of fresh lettuce from seven different sources of production and marketing places in Goiânia, Goiás, were submitted to bacteriological analyses. Fecal coliforms were found in 91.1% of the samples and E. coli was detected in 29.4%. An average of 22.9% of the samples did not comply with the standard allowed by the Brazilian legislation.&lt;/p&gt;