Perfil do consumidor brasileiro e hábitos de consumo de leite e derivados

Objetivou-se verificar o perfil do consumidor brasileiro de leite e derivados, os hábitos de consumo e o seu esclarecimento quanto a qualidade nutricional, sanitária e do serviço de inspeção desses produtos. Foi elaborado um questionário pela ferramenta Google Formulários e enviado pelo meio eletrônico no qual obteve-se 2.052 respostas, que consolidaram 99,9% de confiança. Foram questionados sexo, idade, escolaridade, consumo de leite, predileção por produtos lácteos, local de compra, diferença entre derivados, importância do consumo e sobre o selo de inspeção. Os dados mostraram que 89% dos entrevistados consomem o leite fluido, sendo que 83,5% preferem leite longa vida, 92,3% preferem o queijo como derivado, 72,7% adquire o leite no supermercado. Dos consumidores que adquirem regularmente leite cru (7,3%), 77,3% afirmam não realizar nenhum tratamento térmico que lhe confira segurança microbiológica. Quando questionados se o leite é um alimento saudável, 85,4% o consideram, em contrapartida 70,8% acreditam que o leite pode trazer algum risco a saúde, sem ciência dos tratamentos térmicos que lhe conferem segurança para o consumo. Sobre a ingestão semanal, 38,2% consome mais de cinco vezes. Sobre os símbolos de inspeção sanitária nas embalagens, 34% não sabem o significado, podendo-se inferir que esses consumidores são susceptíveis a aquisição de produtos clandestinos. Conclui-se que existe ainda falta de esclarecimento do consumidor sobre a qualidade nutricional e sanitária do leite e derivados e precisa-se realizar programas de conscientização que visem a minimização de perigos sanitários de produtos clandestinos

Brazilian Flora 2020: Leveraging the power of a collaborative scientific network

International audienceThe shortage of reliable primary taxonomic data limits the description of biological taxa and the understanding of biodiversity patterns and processes, complicating biogeographical, ecological, and evolutionary studies. This deficit creates a significant taxonomic impediment to biodiversity research and conservation planning. The taxonomic impediment and the biodiversity crisis are widely recognized, highlighting the urgent need for reliable taxonomic data. Over the past decade, numerous countries worldwide have devoted considerable effort to Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC), which called for the preparation of a working list of all known plant species by 2010 and an online world Flora by 2020. Brazil is a megadiverse country, home to more of the world's known plant species than any other country. Despite that, Flora Brasiliensis, concluded in 1906, was the last comprehensive treatment of the Brazilian flora. The lack of accurate estimates of the number of species of algae, fungi, and plants occurring in Brazil contributes to the prevailing taxonomic impediment and delays progress towards the GSPC targets. Over the past 12 years, a legion of taxonomists motivated to meet Target 1 of the GSPC, worked together to gather and integrate knowledge on the algal, plant, and fungal diversity of Brazil. Overall, a team of about 980 taxonomists joined efforts in a highly collaborative project that used cybertaxonomy to prepare an updated Flora of Brazil, showing the power of scientific collaboration to reach ambitious goals. This paper presents an overview of the Brazilian Flora 2020 and provides taxonomic and spatial updates on the algae, fungi, and plants found in one of the world's most biodiverse countries. We further identify collection gaps and summarize future goals that extend beyond 2020. Our results show that Brazil is home to 46,975 native species of algae, fungi, and plants, of which 19,669 are endemic to the country. The data compiled to date suggests that the Atlantic Rainforest might be the most diverse Brazilian domain for all plant groups except gymnosperms, which are most diverse in the Amazon. However, scientific knowledge of Brazilian diversity is still unequally distributed, with the Atlantic Rainforest and the Cerrado being the most intensively sampled and studied biomes in the country. In times of “scientific reductionism”, with botanical and mycological sciences suffering pervasive depreciation in recent decades, the first online Flora of Brazil 2020 significantly enhanced the quality and quantity of taxonomic data available for algae, fungi, and plants from Brazil. This project also made all the information freely available online, providing a firm foundation for future research and for the management, conservation, and sustainable use of the Brazilian funga and flora