Food Safety Assessment through Observation of Environmental Hygiene and Sanitation in Small Business in Yogyakarta City

Poltekkes Kemenkes Yogyakarta

2025-03-05

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Yogyakarta city supports the increased development of regional micro business by providing culinary services for practitioners called “Nglarisi”. The Nglarisi Group provides food and beverage products for banquet activities within the Yogyakarta City government. Interviews with the Yogyakarta City government stated that the products quality of Nglarisi Group was not standardized. Some products aren’t meeting food safety principles. For example, there is contamination in the product and inappropriate food packaging. The application of food safety system is related to other quality of foods, so that it can produce quality, healthy and safe food products. One factor that needs to be considered in the food safety system is hygiene and sanitation. Standardization of safety quality of ready-to-eat food is carried out through certification based on Minister of Health Regulation. This study aims to provide an overview of the fulfillment of food safety requirements in the Nglarisi Group based on hygiene and sanitation observations. This study was conducted in September 2024, involving 12 respondents from five Nglarisi Groups in the Danurejan Subdistrict, Yogyakarta City. Respondents were selected by purposive sampling by considering the “Ready to Order” category from the Economic and Micro Business Department of Yogyakarta City. Data were collected by observation using Sanitation Hygiene form for Catering Service. The study showed that the highest sanitation hygiene score was 77.75% and the lowest score was 52.4% with an average score of 68.3%. All respondents did not meet the minimum score of 80% as required.