ANALISIS SANITASI DAN HIGIENE DI PASAR IKAN DI PELABUHAN PERIKANAN NUSANTARA TERNATE

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.