Improvement of production standards in a company leader in the poultry meat market: the competent authority’s role.

The object of this study was to evaluate, in a company that is leader in the production of poultry meat, the effects of the combined action between the official veterinary controls and the food business operator (FBO) on corporate manufacturing standards. To this purpose, the corporate documentation have been examined (inspection reports and audits of official veterinary controls and data obtained by self-control procedures) on a four-year period between 2008 and 2011. The results obtained showed that, despite the application of specific procedures by the FBO, the competent authority has observed a number of non-compliances, grouped into four main areas: cleaning and disinfection, maintenance in the plant, staff training, management of animal by-products. The immediate response of the FBO for the resolution of the non-compliances resulted in an overall significant improvement in hygiene and safety of products and processes, a gradually reduced number of non-compliance reports, a decrease of all microbiological parameters and the extension of products’ shelf life

Visual Sensory Disability: Rehabilitative Treatment in an Aquatic Environment

International audienceThe outcome of this study is based on the concept of the enormous potentiality that is expressed, after the elimination of myofascial and articular compensation, from the body system. 10 low vision and blind subjects aged between 35 and 50 years. The subjects performed 10 sessions (2/week) for 5 weeks. Each session consisted of a training in the gym (30 minutes) and hydrokinetic therapy (45 minutes) All the subjects at the beginning (T0) and at the end (T1) of the rehabilitation program were tested by static baropodometry and the stabilometric (Milletrix, Diagnostic support, Rome, Italy). Our results shows an increase of the total area of support surface (p0.05). The stabilometry results shows an improvement of the orthostatic balance, sway area and the ellipse area decrease respectively 15% (236,9vs201 p≤0.05) and 41% b(p≤0.05). Thus, the energy expenditure of the patient in maintaining the orthostatic position without visual afferences is lower. Rehabilitative treatment in an aquatic environment resulted effective in improving posture and balance in all patients with increased precision in the execution of the step, which implies less effort during walk, less energy consumption and better quality of life

Visual sensory disability: rehabilitative treatment in an aquatic environment.

International audienceThe outcome of this study is based on the concept of the enormous potentiality that is expressed, after the elimination of myofascial and articular compensation, from the body system. 10 low vision and blind subjects aged between 35 and 50 years. The subjects performed 10 sessions (2/week) for 5 weeks. Each session consisted of a training in the gym (30 minutes) and hydrokinetic therapy (45 minutes) All the subjects at the beginning (T0) and at the end (T1) of the rehabilitation program were tested by static baropodometry and the stabilometric (Milletrix, Diagnostic support, Rome, Italy). Our results shows an increase of the total area of support surface (p0.05). The stabilometry results shows an improvement of the orthostatic balance, sway area and the ellipse area decrease respectively 15% (236,9vs201 p≤0.05) and 41% b(p≤0.05). Thus, the energy expenditure of the patient in maintaining the orthostatic position without visual afferences is lower. Rehabilitative treatment in an aquatic environment resulted effective in improving posture and balance in all patients with increased precision in the execution of the step, which implies less effort during walk, less energy consumption and better quality of life