A novel approach in public health surveillance: searching the illegal dairy trade in Facebook.
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 an...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Environmental Health Research Vol. 33; no. 5; pp. 518 - 529 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , |
| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
May2023
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| Sumario: | 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. |
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