Pengaruh Posisi Bukaan Tempat Penyimpanan Makanan Jadi Pedagang Kaki Lima Terhadap Angka Kuman

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Most street vendors heedless to the placement of their cart because of the limitation of the available area. This condition may influence the safety of their consumers due to the potential contamination which comes from air microorganisms. T identify which of the stall opening positions that are safer, this experimental study were carried out. Result of laboratory examination showed that the average total plate count in position A (i.e. against with the street) was 252 colony/hour/100cm2 , position B (i.e. same direction with traffic) was 319 colony/hour/100cm2 , position C (i.e. opposite with traffic direction) was 392 colony/hour/100cm2 , and position D (i.e. facing the street) was 701 colony/hour/100cm2 . The data analysis showed that the differences in air microbe number among those stall opening variation were significant. Since the position D was the highest number, it is suggested that the street vendors should pay attention to this opening position in order to prevent their commodity from contamination.