Elaboración de un Manual de Buenas Prácticas de Manufactura para la microempresa Helado Americano, ubicada en la parroquia Alausí del cantón Alausí perteneciente a la provincia de Chimborazo

Abstract

The present work consisted in the implementation of a GMP Good Manufacturing Practices Manual for the microenterprise Helado Americano, located in the Alausí parish belonging to the province of Chimborazo, with the main purpose of improving the requirements established by the ARCSA 067-2015-GGG regulations in the quality of the product, and provide the consumer with a safe and innocuous food besides being useful for the design and operation of the establishment; which helps to ensure safe food production, for human consumption. This work began with the initial diagnosis, which was carried out by means of a checklist consisting of 179 items divided into eight chapters, thus knowing the state of the company. The percentages obtained were 50.28 percent for non-compliance with the requirements, 37.43 percent for compliance with the requirements, and 12.29 percent for the requirements that do not apply to the microenterprise. The Standard Operating and Sanitation Procedures (SOPs and SSOPs), were designed for the microenterprise's milk and water ice cream production lines to improve production in terms of the hygienic quality of the product and the sanitary quality of the microenterprise, which will make it possible to offer a safe and quality product and correct non-compliances, taking into account the necessary corrective actions with the economic availability of the same to obtain the GMP certificate.