Pemeriksaan Jumlah Kapang Sebagai Indikator Kualitas Terasi Di Pasar Tambaksari Surabaya

The main problem that occurs in the community is the
lack of awareness of the importance of hygiene during the
manufacture and storage of shrimp paste. This can trigger one of
the contaminations originating from microorganisms including
mold. The aimed of this study was to determine the number of
molds as an indicator of shrimp paste quality in the Tambaksari
market in Surabaya. This research is descriptive. The population of
this research is shrimp paste traders in Tambaksari market in
Surabaya. The research variable is the number of molds in the
shrimp paste in the packaging without a brand in the Tambaksari
market in Surabaya. Data on the number of molds was tabulated
and analyzed descriptively by calculating the percentage of
samples that were of good quality and not good. The results of the
research on the number of mold colonies on shrimp paste sold in
the Tambaksari market in Surabaya showed that the number of
mold colonies in shrimp paste samples was safe to consumed
because the amount was <2 x 102
colonies / gr, the average
percentage of all shrimp paste samples was 100% good quality.
The highest growth rate of mold colonies was 19 x 101
colonies /
gr and the lowest growth rate of mold colonies was 0 x 101
colony /
gr.
Keywords : The Number of Mold, Shrimp paste