OCORRÊNCIA DE CÁDMIO EM AMOSTRA DE RIM SUÍNO EM UM FRIGORÍFICO DE MINAS GERAIS: RELATO DE CASO

Abstract

Brazil stands out as one of the largest producers and exporters of meat in the world, with this, it becomes extremely important to validate the quality and safety of these meat products. One of the main concerns of the Brazilian meat industry is the presence of contaminants in animal tissues. Cadmium is considered one of the five most toxic metals present in nature, when it exceeds acceptable limits in the body, several pathologies can be triggered. It is a metal found mainly in phosphate rocks, and these rocks are used as inputs for the manufacture of fertilizers and mineral supplements. In Brazil, the agency responsible for rigorously inspecting contamination in meat products is the Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Supply. In a slaughterhouse located in Minas Gerais, a violation of cadmium in swine tissues was detected, after the notification, subprograms were adopted to identify the possible causes of violations, applying corrective and preventive measures, where the absence of a letter of guarantee from swine producers was found. . Faced with this occurrence, the producer lost the record and only returned to normal after confirming five consecutive samples in compliance. Cadmium is a bioaccumulative metal mainly in liver and kidney tissues, as cattle have a longer life cycle than swine, they are more vulnerable to reaching contamination levels. In Brazil, there is a lack of case reports that indicate occurrences of cadmium contamination in swine. This case report reinforces the thesis that these violations are considered specific and eventual situations, with the composition of the diet being the biggest contaminating factor within the farms and farms.