PROCESSO PRODUTIVO E CONTROLE DE QUALIDADE EM FÁBRICA DE RAÇÃO

Abstract

Brazil is among the largest manufacturers of feed and supplements for animal nutrition in the world. In this line of business, companies and properties that process animal feed need to be aware of the increasingly fierce competitiveness that reduces prices and profit margins. Quality is one of the most important factors for a company to stand out and gain market share. Thus, this work aimed to detail the production process of the feed factories, emphasizing the importance of quality control experienced during the period of mandatory curricular internship at the Feed Factories of COMIGO (Agroindustrial Cooperative of Rural Producers of Southwest Goiás). And its main activities were: quality analysis such as color, odor, density, humidity and granulometry; collections of samples of raw materials to be sent to the classification sector; storage of the control of each batch produced during the period of validity; production control taking a sample every 80 bags; interruption of bagging if the product is out of the standard and forwarding samples of finished products and raw materials for analysis in the laboratory. Therefore, through the practical knowledge acquired in the supervised curricular internship, the importance of quality control, good manufacturing practices (GMP) and standard operating procedures (POP) in routine operations performed during the feed manufacturing process is evident , which together guarantee the correct processing and the final quality of the product, seeking to present the best cost-benefit, since all processes are monitored.