Estudo da qualidade e comercialização da banana nos diferentes mercados públicos e feiras livres do Recife-PE.

Abstract

The study refers to the quality and marketing he fruits of banana in different Public Markets and Free Trade in Recife / PE. With the aim of characterizing the fruits of banana and identify their marketing in the research environment. The methodologies used in the research were: questionnaires for traders banana Check lists and environment observation regarding safety, hygiene and quality of the fruit. Collecting data with bibliographic research and photographic record. The research found problems of safety, hygiene and quality in the Markets and Fairs study has characterized the fruit marketed in the research environment over the appearance of the fruit, but also described the process of marketing the fruit. It turned out that the Free Markets and Fairs surveyed do not meet most of the time demands of the Health Surveillance in prérequesitos as, buildings, waste treatment, environmental disinfection and hygiene of food handlers. It was concluded from this study need to be able to turn to public need to supervise, organize, train, en order to improve all the demands that are required for those amnipula food. Regarding the marketing of banana was found that the origin of most fruits are marketed from the Forest Zone of Pernambuco.