1. A novel approach in public health surveillance: searching the illegal dairy trade in Facebook.
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Fagnani, Rafael, dos Santos Bueno, Beatriz, Mikio Itida, Rafael, Arena Galhardo, Juliana, and Vanot, Rogério Luiz
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DAIRY products , *ELECTRONIC commerce laws , *SALES personnel , *PUBLIC health surveillance , *ELECTRONIC commerce , *FOOD labeling , *CHEESE , *SOCIAL media , *GOVERNMENT regulation , *PUBLIC health , *MILK , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *RESEARCH funding , *STATISTICAL sampling , *LAW - Abstract
This paper uses the internet-based biosurveillance to describe the Brazilian e-commerce of non-inspected dairy products and maps its traditional sale in a medium-sized city (Londrina). We searched the sales of illegal dairy products on Facebook Marketplace and conducted a census of street markets and a random sample of formal markets. Although prohibited in Brazil, consumers can easily find informal dairy products on internet and retail sale. In addition, 7% of the food products hold a false label to mimic food inspection. The e-commerce was linked with regions with higher access to technology and Human Development Index (HDI). We believe that our approach shows a step forward in the public health interventions and could be replicated stimulating debates about policies required to improve the public health surveillance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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