Evaluasi Efektivitas Sanitasi pada Proses Produksi Chicken Nugget di PT Belfoods Indonesia

Abstract

PT Belfoods Indonesia is a food company with chicken nugget as the main product. The objectives of this research is to evaluate the effectiveness of sanitation on employees, equipments, and environments of the chicken nugget processing. The evaluation was conducted by distributing questionnaires to assess employees’ understanding about sanitation. The effectiveness of sanitation was evaluated by analyzing microbial load on the palms, equipments and the air after sanitation and the final products. More than 50% of employees understand in hygiene and sanitation very well but 4% doesn’t comprehend the concept. Sanitation process established by the company is effective to reduce the microbial load on the palms, machines, and the air except at the freezing conveyor. Unfortunately, employees and equipments sanitation has not been consistently done in accordance with regulations set by the company. This could pottentially increase the microbial load on the final products.