| dc.description.abstract | Health development is one of attempts to national development, held in all areas of
life including the field of food. In general, the goals of food development are to
provide adequate and quality food, prevent the public from a type of food that is
harmful to health. Food management is always endeavored to produce preferable
food and good quality products of food, one of the ways is by adding preservatives in
some food products. Borax is one ingredient that is often added in some foods in
order to make it more durable, have a more attractive appearance and taste supple.
Some of the foods in which borax is often added are noodle, meatball, cracker. This
research was intended to identify the content of borax in meatballs. This research
was a type of descriptive study using cross sectional approach. Data were obtained
from 35 meatball stalls spread over District of Sumbersari, Jember Regency. Making
meatballs consisted of 4 processes; they are crushing meat, making dough, forming
balls of meatball as well as boiling and packaging. Based on laboratory tests, it was
found that of 35 meatball samples tested, none of them contained borax. To protect
the public from food that contains harmful preservatives, it is necessary to hold
supervision from the sources/producers of meat until the products are ready to be
distributed or consumed by the public.
Keywords: meatballs, borax, harmful preservative | en_US |
