Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the content of borax in meatballs in North Sangatta District meatball stalls. The method used in this research is descriptive analysis method. The meatball samples used were 270 samples obtained from 30 meatball stalls in North Sangatta and tested at the Animal Health and Veterinary Public Health Laboratory of East Kutai Agriculture Office in East Kalimantan. The test was carried out to find out whether or not the meatball sample contained borax using the borax test kid. If a positive meatball sample contains borax, then the borax test paper will be brownish red while if the negative meatball sample is borax test paper is yellow. The test results showed that all meatball samples were negative (containing no borax). Based on the research it was concluded that the meatballs were not identified to contain borax.
Highlights
North Sangatta is the capital of East Kutai regency
Test results that have been carried out on 270 meatball samples taken randomly from a number of meatball sellers in North Sangatta showed that there was no change in color on the borax test paper
If borax is reacted with borax test paper it will produce a brownish red color
Summary
North Sangatta is the capital of East Kutai regency. Total area of this city for about 1,262.59 km (3.53% of East Kutai total area) with population for about 98,325 people and annual population growth rate for 4.2%. (BPS, 2018). North Sangatta is the capital of East Kutai regency Total area of this city for about 1,262.59 km (3.53% of East Kutai total area) with population for about 98,325 people and annual population growth rate for 4.2%. One of the foods favored by the community is meatballs, because it has a good taste and is suitable for the taste of the majority of the people. The relatively high demand for meatballs makes producers always have to supply meatballs in large quantities. In order for this product to have a long shelf life, most producers add preservatives to processed meatballs. Borax use as a food preservative is possible to occur with the increasing number of meatball sellers in North Sangatta, both in the form of restaurants and street vendors.
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