Analysis of personal hygiene and food sanitation in food handlers in the canteen of public junior high school 9 Kendari, Kadia sub-district Kendari city in 2022
Authors: Fithria Rastika Dwiyanti Liaran  , Satria Lestari Kalenggo  
Published: June 2023

Background: Incidents of food poisoning are usually caused by ready-to-eat food that has been contaminated with bacteria or microbes. Food poisoning can be caused by poor food handler hygiene during the food processing process. Data released by the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) in Kendari City, Southeast Sulawesi, in 2021 there were 256 cases with a total frequency of occurrence of 49 cases. The most cases of food poisoning in the community came from food products, namely 25 cases (51.02%) with a total of 232 sufferers, 1 (one) of whom died. Therefore, it is very important to apply personal hygiene and food sanitation when preparing food, including snacks in the school canteen. Snacks in the school canteen have a very important role in maintaining children's health through the healthy food they sell, but school canteen snacks also have the opportunity to be polluted physically, chemically or biologically. It is because of this that researchers are interested in analyzing the application of personal hygiene and food sanitation for food handlers in the school canteen located at SMPN 9 Kendari canteen by using a qualitative research type. Determination of research informants using purposive sampling with a total of 9 informants studied. Methods: This type of research is descriptive qualitative with a phenomenological approach to determine Personal Hygiene and Food Sanitation in food handlers in the Canteen of Public Junior High School 9 Kendari, Kadia District, Kendari City in 2022. The informant selection technique used the sample method using a purposive sampling method with a total of 9 informants. Results: Based on research conducted at 5 canteens at SMPN 9 Kendari, it was found that there were still several aspects that were not in accordance with Permenkes No. 1096/Menkes/Per/VI/2011 concerning Jasaboga Sanitation Hygiene. The non-compliance referred to, for example, is that there are still food handlers who do not use complete PPE when processing food, lack of storage places for food or finished food, inappropriate food covers and no cover when food is served. If you look at it as a whole with reference to the applicable regulations regarding food processing starting from the selection of food ingredients to serving food, then all canteens have not complied with or are in accordance with these regulations because each canteen studied still has some deficiencies in every aspect. Conclusion: Not all of the implementation of personal hygiene and food sanitation in the 5 canteens of SMPN 9 Kendari has been carried out properly according to Permenkes No. 1096/Menkes/Per/VI of 2011 by food handlers. The five canteens still do not follow food processing guidelines, starting from sorting food ingredients to serving finished food. The disadvantages of each canteen are different, for example there are canteens that do not have a place to store food or finished food, there are canteen owners who do not use complete PPE when processing food, and so on.