The Frozen Food Quality of Sukoharjo Elementary School Area

DOI

10.2991/icase-18.2018.9How to use a DOI?

Keywords

e.coli; frozen; methanil yellow; rhodamin B

Abstract

Food availability and safety are basic of human rights. The students are a risky group to become the unsafe consumers of snacks because of the threat of biological or chemical contamination that is disrupted the health. Sausages and nuggets are the examples of frozen foods that is the children like. The number of frozen food vendors in various types in the school environment is a concern for the parents about the food safety. This research uses a qualitative method with a descriptive approach. The data of the research is primary data from the examination of microbial contamination and food chemistry conducted in the Environmental Health Laboratory of Sukoharjo. The population in this research were all frozen snacks that is sold in the elementary school area of Sukoharjo on July 2018. The sampling method was done purposively. The results showed that of the 10 types of frozen foods, 6 of them were positive for E. coli, namely otak-otak ikan (one of the frozen food that made from fish meat), otak-otak ayam (one of the frozen food that made from chiken meat), shrimp balls, tempura, noodles sausage, and beef sausages then 4 of them are negative, they are fish balls, star nuggets, red tempura and the ice cream nuggets it means the ingredients and tools that is used to make this foods are not contaminated with E.coli bacteria. So that 4 out of 10 the tested foods did not meet the quality standards regarding the maximum limits of microbial and chemical contamination in food. Based on the examination of dyes, the negative results were obtained, both of the Methanil Yellow and Rhodhamin B dyes and fulfilled health requirements

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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