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Seguridad con los alimentos - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Higiene y salubridad con los alimentos

Definición:

La seguridad con los alimentos se refiere a las condiciones y hábitos que preservan la calidad de los alimentos para evitar su contaminación y las enfermedades a causa de  intoxicación alimentaria.

Funciones:

Los alimentos se pueden contaminar de diversas maneras y algunos de ellos pueden ya tener bacterias o parásitos. Los gérmenes se pueden diseminar durante el proceso de empacado si el producto no se maneja adecuadamente. El hecho de no cocer o almacenar los alimentos apropiadamente puede causar una contaminación adicional.

Por lo tanto, la preparación y el manejo apropiado de los alimentos reducen notablemente los riesgos de contraer una enfermedad por intoxicación alimentaria. 

  • Reviewed last on: 4/27/2010
  • Daniel Levy, MD, Infectious Disease, Maryland Family Care, Lutherville, MD. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Medeiros LC, Hillers VN, Chen G, Bergmann V, Kendall P, Schroeder M. Design and development of food safety knowledge and attitude scales for consumer food safety education. J Am Diet Assoc. 2004;104(11):1671-1677.

Anderson JB, Shuster TA, Hansen KE, Levy AS, Volk A. A camera's view of consumer food-handling behaviors. J Am Diet Assoc. 2004;104(2):186-191.

Redmond EC, Griffith CJ. Consumer food handling in the home: a review of food safety studies. J Food Prot. 2003;66(1):130-161.

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