TY - SER TI - Higiene alimentaria SN - 0210-5020 N1 - Este artículo se encuentra disponible en su edición impresa; Bibliografía: p. 24 N2 - A large number of acute gastroenteritis are of food origin. Hygienic conditions for handling and preserving food is essential for the health of the population. For this reason, this article expands the criteria for assessing the hygienic quality of food, already mentioned in the previous number, and analyzes the main causes of their alteration, the epidemiology that can be derived from them, the main forms of conservation and the prophylaxis or prevention of food poisoning, especially in communities ER -