ANALISIS KANDUNGAN BORAKS DALAM KERUPUK Kecamatan Kaliwates Kabupaten Jember

Abstract

“Kerupuk” is one of the foods that should be safeguarded from the use of harmful food additives, one of which "Boric acid" because “Kerupuk” are foods favored by the public. This research aimed to describe the content of Boric acid in “Kerupuk” and application of food hygiene sanitation in the process of making “Kerupuk”. This research is descriptive research. The sample derivation method is simple random sampling and proportion sampling. The technique of data collecting of this research are observation and laboratory test. The result of the research indicates that 52% of the industry have good sanitation facilities and production environment, 66% of respondents have a good level of personal hygiene, 60% of respondents carry out food hygiene sanitation process with good “Kerupuk”. Laboratory test results showed that 8 of 33 samples tested positive “Kerupuk” Boric acid. This research is expected to be a consideration for government and related industries to be more concerned about the use of food additives in order not to harm consumers and further enhance and improve the application of sanitary hygiene in food processing.