KAJIAN MIKROBIOLOGI PADA PRODUK IKAN ASIN KERING YANG DIPASARKAN DI PASAR TRADISIONAL DAN PASAR SWALAYAN DALAM UPAYA PENINGKATAN KEAMANAN PANGAN DI KOTA JAMBI

Abstract

The researchwas conducted in Jambi city to recognize   the  microbiology contamination rate of salted fish. There are seven kinds of salted fish that taken from each different kind of market e.g. tradisional  market (Angso duo) and modern market (Hypermart). Plate Count Agar (TPA)  method(SNI 01-2339-1991) was used to analyzed the number aerobic  bacteria.

The results showed that there was one kind among the seven kinds of salted fish that indicated as the higher contain  of bacteria (7.30X10⁴). This  salted fish  called  was “Sepat†salted fish. Mine while the lowest amount of bacteria was contained in “KepalaBatu†salted fish (1,52X10²). The important one should be noted that the bacteria contain in whole seven salt fishes was still save to be consumed, because the number of bacteria colony each salted fish in both kind of market was lower than the crisis level bacteria contamination (1X10⁵).

Keyword : microbiology, salted fish, bacteria colony, food safety