Microbiology evaluation of the meal served to passengers in a ship cruiser in the 2009/2010 season. Detection of Bacillus cereus in the fish-based meal
Vol. 69 No. 4 (2010), BRIEF COMMUNICATION
Vol. 69 No. 4 (2010)

Microbiology evaluation of the meal served to passengers in a ship cruiser in the 2009/2010 season. Detection of Bacillus cereus in the fish-based meal

BRIEF COMMUNICATION
https://doi.org/10.53393/rial.2010.v69.32618
Published 2010-04-01
Estevão de Camargo Passos
Instituto Adolfo Lutz, Santos, SP
Ana Ruth Pereira de Mello
Instituto Adolfo Lutz, Santos, SP
Cícero Vagner de Sousa
Instituto Adolfo Lutz, Santos, SP
Ana Carolina Buchalla Alonso
Instituto Adolfo Lutz, Santos, SP
Eduardo Gonzalez
Instituto Adolfo Lutz, Santos, SP
Mário Tavares
Instituto Adolfo Lutz, Santos, SP
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Keywords

food
fish
Bacillus cereus
drink water
coliforms
cruise ship

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Passos E de C, Mello ARP de, Sousa CV de, Alonso ACB, Gonzalez E, Tavares M. Microbiology evaluation of the meal served to passengers in a ship cruiser in the 2009/2010 season. Detection of Bacillus cereus in the fish-based meal. Rev Inst Adolfo Lutz [Internet]. 2010 Apr. 1 [cited 2024 Dec. 4];69(4):571-5. Available from: https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/RIAL/article/view/32618
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Abstract

In January of 2010, ANVISA technicians carried out a sanitary inspection in a ship during the stopover at the port of Santos/SP due to an occurrence of gastroenteritis in the passengers and crew members after a stopover in the region of Buzios in Rio de Janeiro/RJ. They collected samples of the prepared foods: fish soup, mixed salad of pasta, meat soup, chicken soup, pork soup, potatoes salad with mayonnaise, mayonnaise and ketchup dressing and Greek salad, and samples of drink water from five sites. Conventional methodologies were used for analyzing the samples, according to Compendium of Methods for Microbiological Examination of Foods (American Public Health Association, 2001) and by Standard Methods (2005) recommendations. The results were analyzed following the Brazilian Ministry of Health legislation ANVISA RDC 12/2001 and Decree 518/2004. Bacillus cereus was isolated from fish soup meal and coliforms from drink water reservoir tank. The occurrence of these bacteria could be responsible for causing the food borne diseases in the passengers and crew members of the cruise ship.
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