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Drink in cans? Just before washing

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Matinhos - Drinking Direct in aluminum cans can bring risks to health. Specialists and agencies as the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) says that although there are no records of someone who has been sick exactly why, the possibility of contracting diseases such as leptospirosis, hepatitis A and gastrointestinal infections by bacteria exists. The risk, however, can be eliminated with a simple care: wash the can with soap and water before drinking.
"You do not eat an apple without washing. The same should be done with the cans, "says the head of the Food Control Division of the Health Surveillance state, Marise Penteado de Mello. This habit is taken seriously by the plastic artist Curitibanos Mara Eliane de Souza Chichof, which is home to Matinhos. "I wash all kinds of packaging before placing in the refrigerator. There is only question of hygiene, but the practicality of getting the food in the refrigerator already clean, "he explains.

The Brazilian Association of Manufacturers of cans of High Recyclability (Abralatas), along with others, assembled a dossier in 2008, which reinforces the direction of Anvisa, but also says that the cause of leptospirosis bacteria - called leptospira - found in urine of rodents such as rats, only survives in liquid media and at temperatures above 21 ° C. This means that for transmission, the urine of rats would have to be recent and hot beverage intake. "That is, the contamination is a myth," says the executive director of Abralatas, Reno Castro.

The medical infectologist Head of Hospital Infection Control, Hospital of Clinics and Risk Control of hospitals Vita, Marta Fragoso, is more conservative and emphasizes that the risk exists. "The chance is small, but although there is no record of cases, it exists." The leptospirosis manifests itself in a period of 30 days, with symptoms such as headache, high fever and muscle pain and, in severe cases, jaundice (skin and mucous membranes of yellowness), renal failure and bleeding.

Marta also alert for hepatitis A. "This (the contamination) happen by handling contaminated by an individual who has not washed their hands after going to the bathroom and cleaned the cans before serving. The patient presented with hepatitis A yellowish skin and eyes, feces clearer than normal, dark urine, fatigue and abdominal pain and in advanced stage, involvement of the liver.

Bars and itinerant

The correct handling and storage are part of the rules of Anvisa and taught classes at Senac.

"I at least two or three courses, then step back and to the officials," says Maria de Lurdes Lamb, owner of the restaurant Container, one of the most traditional of Antonina.

The vendors are also charged. "This is a work of monitoring of each city of Seaside, which register the standalone, requiring a short course and meeting standards of hygiene," said Marise.

Seal

At the end of 2008, the Anvisa was questioned by the Ministry of Agriculture (responsible for the quality of beer and soft drinks) on the efficiency of the use of seals in cans. After review, the agency says there is no difference between the cans with and without seal. The medical infectologist Marta Fragoso recognizes that the seal is no guarantee against disease, but one more weapon to maintain hygiene of the cans. Conclusion: the best is always clean.

Care
Before drinking the cans, remember:

> At home, wash it with soap and water before you store it.

> Make sure the same care is taken by the seller. When in doubt, ask to be washed.

> Check if it was kept rather clean, airy, away from the ground, the garbage and cleaning materials, with screens on windows, no sign of leakage, cracks or cracks in doors, windows and walls.

> Trust the vendors with thermal boxes instead of Styrofoam, which is porous and, with time, is full of dirt.

> Ask if the ice is fresh water. This is because it can contaminate the products.

> When in doubt, use the barrel, preferably the packaged individually.

Sources: Camila Pazello Tedeschi, nutritionist and technique of Senac, Marta Fragoso, infectologist Medical and Health Surveillance State



Source: Gazeta do Povo

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