Risk Assessment related to Street Food in the District of Bamako

Abstract

In Mali, street feeding has food strongly expanded in recent years with the effect of the rural exodus, population growth in the cities and especially with the establishment by the State of the day occurred from 1992 that keeps workers out of their homes for very long hours. This study was designed to assess the health risks related to Street food in the district of Bamako to promote the health of consumers. The study focused on a sample of 138 facilities identified 170 in the 6 municipalities of the District of Bamako. It was made in the determination of the health quality (chemical and microbiological) of street foods sold in the District of Bamako and the classification of risks associated with food Street in the district of Bamako, the perspective of the process of HACCP and the integrated approach (vision FAO/who). To identify the critical points and to propose measures of control of microbial contamination, 21 manufacturing diagrams have been developed and have involved all contaminated food. The risk classification was made according to the procedure of the FDA of the USA. On the 59 samples, 31 were contaminated on the bacteriological plan. The 24 samples subjected to toxicological analysis, 8 have high pesticide residue levels. The results showed (i) a high rate of establishment of production/sale of street food that does not appropriate measures of hygiene and manufacturing (BPH/GMP) and (ii) a level of high contamination (46-62 on the Risk Ranking of the FDA scale) makes food Street in the District of Bamako a food safety concern. The application of corrective measures by the staff of the eateries, allowed to control contamination, which is evidence of the relevance and effectiveness of these measures.