Évaluation de la consommation des aliments en conserves

Abstract

Food is essential in the life of a human being, it must satisfy his nutritional needs while maintaining good health. In addition to fresh foods, canned foods occupy an important place in the food scale. In this thesis, a study on the evaluation of the consumption of canned foods was carried out on 639 people using a questionnaire consisting of 21 questions. The main results obtained are as follows: 71% of the study population consume canned food, 44% of them know their signs of alterations, the most known is the bad smell; 75.43% of these people know the potentially dangerous substances present in these foods, the most known are the preservatives; finally, only 15% of the respondents have already had a poisoning following the consumption of canned food and the most incriminated food is tuna. These results demonstrate the need to educate the general population about the potential health risks of these foods.