(Food Safety of Yellow Wet Noodles (Boraks Content, Formalin, Methanyl Yellow)
in Several Traditional Market Malang City)
ABSTRACT
Food safety is the condition and effort needed to prevent food from possible contamination of biological,
chemicals, and other objects that can interfere with, and endanger human health. There are still many buyers
and traders of yellow wet noodles who do not pay attention to the health and safety aspects of food. The aims
of this study is to knowing the food safety of yellow wet noodles sold in seven traditional markets in Malang
City. The chemical test results of yellow wet noodles samples, obtained 14% positive samples containing
borax, and all (100%) samples of yellow wet noodles positive contained formalin, and as many as 100%
positive contained methanil yellow (samples taken on the first day) and 86% positive containing methanil
yellow (sample taken on the second day). These three chemicals are ingredients that are prohibited from
being added to food. So that there needs to be further supervision by the Malang City Health Service to
routinely check the yellow wet noodle industry in Malang City on the content of borax, formalin and methanil
yellow.
ABSTRAK
Keamanan pangan adalah kondisi dan upaya yang diperlukan untuk mencegah pangan dari kemungkinan
cemaran biologis, kimia, dan benda lain yang dapat mengganggu, merugikan, dan membahayakan kesehatan
manusia. Masih banyak pembeli dan pedagang mie basah yang tidak memperhatikan aspek kesehatan dan
keamanan pangan. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganilis keamanan pangan mie basah kuning
yang dijual di tujuh pasar tradisional di Kota Malang. Hasil uji kimia sampel mie basah kuning, didapat 14%
sampel positif mengandung boraks, dan semua sampel mie basah kuning (100%) positif mengandung
formalin, serta sebanyak 100% positif mengandung methanil yellow (sampel yang diambil pada hari
pertama), dan 86% positif mengandung methanil yellow (sampel yang diambil pada hari kedua). Ketiga
bahan kimia tersebut merupakan bahan yang dilarang ditambahkan dalam bahan makanan. Sehingga perlu
diadakannya pengawasan lebih lanjut oleh Dinas Kesehatan Kota Malang untuk melakukan pengecekan
secara rutin pada industri mie basah kuning di Kota Malang terhadap kandungan boraks, formalin, dan
methanil yellow.