Judul: Daya tahan kemasan antimikroba berbahan baku karagenan dan agar-agar
Abstrak: Active packaging is one of the technique that can be developed to prolong shelf-life; enchance safety or sensory properties while maintaining the product quality. Active packaging is a packaging teclmique where the packing material has an active interaction with the product. One example of the active packaging is antimicrobial (AM) film with garlic extract as the AM agent. Fish ball was choosen in this research as a product for application of AM film, since it is a perishable product. Generally, fish ball used chemical preservatives to prolong its shelf-life. The preservatives sometimes off course can cause the health problems. Garlic is believed had capability against such bacterial growth of E. coli, S. typhimurium and S. aures. The purpose of this research is to investigate the effectivity of AM film base on carrageenan and agar-agar againts E. coli, S. typhimurium and S. aures. Further more this research is also dedicated to find the quality of fish ball coated by AM film during storage at different temperature. This research was consist of three steps: (i) product on AM of film, (ii) investigating the activity of AM film against microorganism growth, (iii) analyzing product quality during storage.
Keyword: 

Judul: Pengembangan kemasan antimikrobial berbahan alami untuk memperpanjang umur simpan produk
Abstrak: Penambahan antimikroba kimiawi dalam pengawetan makanan telah banyak menimbulkan kekhawatiran akan efek samping. Penggunaan antirnikroba alami dari rempah-rempah seperti dam sirih, kunyit dan bawang putih mempunyai kelebihan karena aman untuk dikonsumsi. Selain itu, agen antimiioba yang ditambahkan langsung ke dalam produk makanan akan menimbulkan rasa dan sensoris yang kadang tidak disukai konsumen. Penambahan langsung juga sangat tidak efektif karena antimikroba akan mudah berdifusi dan menyebar ke seluruh bagian produk, sedangkan bakteri pembusuk dan patogen umumnya tumbuh dan beraksi hanya di permukaan makanan. Pelapisan produk dengan film yang membawa agen antimikroba akan menjadi metode yang menarik untuk dikembangkan karena dalam sistem ini, agen antimikroba ditambahkan dalam jumlah yang relatif sedikit dan hanya dilapiskan pada permukaan produk. Ketika berinteraksi dengan produk makanan, zat aktif antimikroba akan dilepaskan secara perlahan-lahan ke permukaan makanan sehingga konsentrasinya dapat dijaga dalam waktu lama. Tujuan umum penelitian ini adalah untuk mengembangkan kemasan antimikrobial (film AM) berbahan khitosan yang ditambah dengan antimikroba alami dari ekstrak sirih, kunyit dan bawang putih. Tahap penelitian meliputi: 1) pembuatan film berbahan dasar khitosan yang ditambah dengan ekstrak sirih, kunyit dan bawang putih serta uji aktifitas antimikroba film tersebut; 2) pengujian sifat fisis mekanis film AM, dan uji aktifitas antimikroba film selama penyimpanan pada berbagai suhu; 3) aplikasi film AM pada produk pangan olahan bakso.
Keyword: 

Judul: Etno-ornitologi Burung Kancilan Flores (Pachycephala nudigula nudigula Hartert 1897) pada Masyarakat Lio di Taman Nasional Kelimutu
Abstrak: Bare-throathed whistler is one of several wild birds in Kelimutu National Park (TNKL) that is believed to have correlation with Lio Community‟s belief. The estimation of Bare-throated whistler‟s population in Kelimutu National Park was about 186.41-1668.07 individual by the density about 0.0389-0.3481 ind/ha with the sex ratio 6.2:1 that spreaded on area with height of 1100 – 1600 masl. The characteristic of Bare-throated whistler‟s habitat is a natural forest with various canopy level, high plant species diversity and high density. The habitat characteristics related to the availability of food in the form of insects, cover, safety and a nesting site. Generally the most of Lio community knew the existence of Bare-throated whistler directly or from their parents‟ stories. The perceptions of Lio Community to the Bare-throated whistler‟s existence is generally support the conservation efforts. The perceptions construct the Lio Community‟s atitude that tend to be conservative to the existence of Bare-throated whistler. The attitude shown by their behavior that not cathing the Bare-throated whistler from the TNKL‟s area or the outside. The attitude have an important role to the existence of Bare-throated whistler in Kelimutu National Park‟s area.
Keyword: