Análisis comparativo de normas de buenas prácticas de manufactura en cuatro guarderías de la ciudad de Cuenca en la etapa de preparación y consumo de alimentos

Abstract

The current research Project has its purpose in establishing a comparative study of four of Cuenca`s daycares, considering the good Manufacturing Practices in the process of preparation and consumption. The first begins with the collection of various bibliographical sources about good Manufacturing Practices, its definition and importance, as well as knowing the processes of BPM’s. Such processes have been summarized in their most important points, considering the study theme such as: installations equipment’s, utensils, storage, manipulators, cleanness and disinfection. At the next stage, the diagnostic of the four daycare current situation begins with three programmed visits to each establishment on different weeks. For having reliable, quantifiable and sustainable results, a grading file was carried out under seven parameters. These results were released to each of the four daycare directors for the application of the correctives in the next stage. At the final stage, the strengths and weaknesses of each daycare were determined; in this part, comparative schemes were carried out under the results obtained from the grading files during the last two visits