Assessment the Content of Methanil Yellow and Boraks at Traded Food Market in Makassar.

The market is one of the public places frequented by the public, thus allowing transmission of the disease both directly and indirectly through vectors such as fies. Market cleanliness must be kept clean so that food contamination is less likely to occur so that the food to be consumed remains good, clean and safe to eat. This reseach to identification boraks and methanil yellow. The sample is a portion taken from the whole object under study and is considered to represent the population. Sampling in this study was conducted by total sampling for interviews with hawker food vendors. food samples to see the content of Borax and 3 food and beverage samples to see the content of Rodamint B. The content of Borax and Rhodamin in street food vendors in the Eggplant Market shows that 6 traders who tested the content of Borax on meatballs obtained negative results, while for 3 traders tested the content of Rhodamin B in food sold obtained positive results or did not meet the requirements for consumption. Hygiene in serving food obtained that 20 (64.5%) hawker food vendors in the Eggplant Market did not meet the requirements. Hygiene and sanitation of sales locations shows that 20 (64.5%) of traders are in sales locations that are not good or have not met the requirements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]