Abstract
Many foodborne disease cases are still existing in Indonesia and worldwide. Chemicals that act as non-food grade additives is one of the cause. Borax is a chemical which still widely used for food in the community. The purpose of writing this scientific article is to analyze the impact of using borax as a non-food grade additive from the perspective of food safety and human resource formation. This article was based on scientific phenomena that occurred in studies conducted by the author in private, which was then analyzed more deeply based on a study of theories. As mentioned in government law, the use of borax for food additives is prohibited. However, borax is still widely used as food additives in the communities. This phenomenon is a threat to the assurance of food security for individuals and society, which in turn will have an impact on the output quality of human resources needed as the subject of future development. Several studies, investigated the negative effects of borax on the biological function of living things, showed that the use of borax significantly affects food safety in terms of human resources formation. Therefore, it needs both a preventive and curative solution for individuals, groups, and the government in an integrated manner. The use of borax in food is a threat to the assurance of food safety for individuals and society, which in turn will affect the quality of human resources so that a preventive and curative solution is needed.
Highlights
Well, access to healthy, nutritious, safe, and healthy food is one of all human beings’ rights
Research Method The method of the writing of this article was based on scientific phenomena that occurred in studies conducted by the author in private from September to July 2015 (Pratiwi, 2018), which was analyzed more deeply based on a study of theories about borax, food safety, formation human resources and their relationship each other was taken from various research journals and textbooks
Based on Article 3 letter (b) of the Joint Regulation of the Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia and the head of the Food and Drug Administration of the Republic of Indonesia Number 43 of 2013 and Number 2 of 2013 concerning Control of Hazardous Materials Misused in Food, it states that borax is one of the hazardous ingredients in food
Summary
Access to healthy, nutritious, safe, and healthy food is one of all human beings’ rights. For many people in Indonesia and even in the whole world, especially for those living in lowincome communities, healthy food is out of reach. An illness caused by food contamination by either microorganism or dangerous chemical substances, is the impact of that phenomenon (Nadiya & Asharina, 2016). WHO (World Health Organization) estimate that unhealthy food is responsible for 600 million foodborne disease cases, 420.000 deaths every year in the whole world, and even 33 million disability-adjusted life year (DALYs). 40% of a toddler suffers from a foodborne disease with 29% deaths every year (World Health Organization, 2020). Borax as a non-food grade additivr in the perspective of foof safety and human resources formation: A literature review. NST Proceedings. pages 119-126. doi: 10.11594/ nstp.2020.0518
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