Abstract:
ABSTRACT
The fish market located at the Nusantara Ternate Fishing Port (PPN) is a functional facility where Ternate
fishermen sell their catch. Sanitation and hygiene are important things to be applied in the fish market to
keep the quality of the freshness of fish. The purpose of this study was to analyze the conditions of
sanitation and hygiene at the fish market in PPN Ternate. This research method is descriptive quantitative
with data collection techniques observation and sanitation testing using the TPC (Total Plate Count) to
determine the number of bacterial and contaminant coliform with MPN (Most Probable Number) methods.
This research was conducted from April to June 2022. The samples tested were several equipment that
potential for microbial contamination, workers and fish were the most dominant in the fish market at PPN
Ternate. The result showed that the TPC value of various equipment and hand of workers exceeded the
standard contamination limit for equipment surfaces or hands of <1,0x102 cfu/cm2. The highest bacterial
count from the fish handling samples was 1,5x104 cfu/cm2 and the lowest from fish container samples
was 1,3x103cfu/cm2. The avarage bacterial count on hand of worker was 3,4 x103cfu/cm2. The bacterial
count on all fish samples were under maximum limit of SNI 7388 : 2009 (1,5 x105cfu/gr). Based on the
coliform contaminant test it was found that all negative samples contained coliform. The conclusion of
this research was the sanitation of the equipment and the worker hand hygiene were unsatisfactory, and
it may have serious implications for public health due to the contamination of fish from the equipment and
the workers' hands. In the future, it is important that workers are trained in sanitation and hygiene
practices.
