Observasi Pengendalian Mutu, Sanitasi dan Higiene pada Produksi Teh Telang Lemon di UMKM Sarisa Merapi

Abstract

<em>Sarisa Merapi is a small and medium-sized micro enterprise (MSME) engaged in food processing such as telang lemon tea, candied salak, dodol salak, sari salak and egg roll. Among these products, telang lemon tea became the choice in this study because of the large number of productions and the relatively low price. In addition, telang lemon tea has health benefits because it contains antioxidants and can be used as a substitute drink for tea. The quality of telang lemon tea is determined by the quality of raw materials, the application of sanitation and hygiene in the production process. But in reality, it is less noticed by business owners. The purpose of this practice is to observe quality control, application of sanitation and hygiene in the production process of telang lemon tea in Sarisa Merapi MSME. The method of data collection is carried out by observation, interviews with staff and employees, documentation and literature studies focused on the process of preparing raw materials, processing, packaging and application of sanitation and hygiene on the production of lemon tea in Sarisa Merapi MSMEs. The process of processing telang lemon tea has three stages, namely the procurement of raw materials, the manufacture of intermediate products and the final product. The results showed that the application of quality control, sanitation and hygiene were quite well performed in the procurement of raw materials, the manufacture of intermediate products, the final product process, packaging and storage. However, in the application of sanitation and hygiene, there were still some problems such as workers did not routinely wear aprons and masks during the production process, the absence of barriers between production rooms. Therefore, Sarisa Merapi needs to pay more attention and evaluate these problems.</em>