Hygienic-sanitary and physical condition of a snack bar of Presidente Figueiredo - Amazon

According to the Sanitary Surveillance, good handling practices are procedures that must be adopted by food serviceprovidersin order to ensure hygienic sanitary quality and their compliance with sanitationlegislation.The objective of the present study was to evaluate the physical and hygienic conditions of snack bars in the city of Presidente Figueiredo-AM, through a questionnaire of 51 questions, which was adapted from Resolutions216/2004, 275/2002 and Municipal decree 125/2002.As an overview of the checklist, 68% of the snack barswere considered regular; 29% were good and 3% were bad. Despite the favorable result,many aspects regarding handling food still need to be improvedin Presidente Figueiredo's snack bars.