Boas práticas no varejo alimentar: atuação do médico veterinário responsável técnico à prevenção da COVID-19 (relato de caso)

Abstract

The Compulsory Supervised Internship is a mandatory discipline for the veterinary medicine course at UFRPE, which is a moment of fundamental practical experiences in training. This report demonstrates how activities developed at Hipermercado Carrefour Comércio de Indústria LTDA, located in the North Zone of the city of Recife - PE, during the period from March 2 to June 26, 2020, totaling a total workload of 420 hours. This was supervised by veterinarian Sandra Souto de Araújo and supervised by Drª Mª Betânia Queiroz de Rolim. During the internship period at the World Health Organization, the state of contamination by the new Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) increased, declaring the COVID-19 pandemic, which brought many impacts to a society. In this context, the general objective of this work is to report the period experienced to fulfill the mandated supervised internship; and as a specific objective to focus on the role of the veterinarian as a technical officer in the prevention against COVID-19 in a retail establishment in the north of Recife. In view of the current scenario, a protocol was created through the company's crisis committee with protective measures in accordance with state and municipal decrees, in order to maintain the safety of employees and customers during the pandemic period. A check list was applied daily and audits were carried out in the perishable sectors, management, monitoring and compliance with determinations and adjustments, in compliance with ordinances and decrees required by the state government of Pernambuco and other federal requirements. The legislation brings restrictive measures to the exercise of economic activity by supermarkets and hypermarkets, located in the Municipality of Recife, there is no current course of the COVID-19 pandemic. When any item in disagreement was found, it was noted in a spreadsheet and action plans were carried out through training in the sectors on the non-compliance (s) found. ESO provided technical knowledge regarding the role of the veterinarian in charge of the retail technician, communicating the routine and imposed challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, to promote the safe food trade and public health.