FORMALIN AND BORAX CONTENT IN CHICKEN SEMPOL SELL IN PURWOREJO DISTRICT Roisu Eny Mudawaroch, Rinawidiastuti and Muhammad Azziz
Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Muhammadiyah Purworejo
Jalan K.H.Ahmad Dahlan 3a Purworejo, Jawa Tengah Indonesia.
Abstract
Non-food additives are sometimes added to food, for example borax and formalin. One type of food that uses formaldehyde and borax as preservatives is chicken sempol. Sempol ayam is food made from chicken meat, tapioca flour, eggs and spices which are fried and oval in shape and skewered with a stick. The purpose of this study was to determine the absence of formalin and borax content in chicken sempol sold in Purworejo Regency. The method used in this research is descriptive analysis method. The population of this research is broiler traders in Purworejo Regency. The samples taken were all broiler traders in Purworejo Regency, totaling 55 respondents. Test the content of formalin and borax with qualitative analysis using a test kit. The results showed that as many as 12 respondents or 21.82% of chicken broth traders used formalin in processed chicken broth. Chicken Sempol sold in Purworejo Regency contains borax as much as 15 respondents or 27.27%. It was concluded that chicken sempol sold in Purworejo Regency contained formalin, and borax was also present in chicken sempol with the highest proportion being in Grabag and Ngombol Districts of 100%.
