Study of Cargo Vessel Sanitation and the Presence E.Coli Bacteria on Food in the Port Area of Tanjung Perak Surabaya

• Main Author: Puspita Tri Mutiarani
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitas Airlangga 2018-07-01
• Series: Jurnal Kesehatan Lingkungan
• Subjects: cargo vessel sanitation, presence of E.coli on the food on the cargo vessel
• Online Access: https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/JKL/article/view/9181
• ISSN: 1829-7285; 2540-881X

Vessel sanitation is the effort made to prevent infestation of bacteria Escherichia coli as an indicator of contamination of water and foods. This study aimed to identify the presence of the vessel sanitation E.coli bacteria in processed foods in the region cargo vessel Port of Tanjung Perak Surabaya in 2014. This study was observational descriptive with cross-sectional approach. Instrument in this study was the observation form vessel sanitation inspection of Port Health Office Class I Surabaya and the results of laboratory examination of the presence of E.coli bacteria in food on a cargo vessel. The sample size in this study as many as 30 vessels were taken by accidental sampling. The variables of this study was vessel sanitation and the presence of E.coli bacteria in food on a cargo ship. The results showed the ship sanitation in the area of Tanjung Perak Surabaya include kitchen sanitation, sanitary food preparation space, warehouse sanitation, drinking water sanitation, food sanitation, solid waste sanitary mostly have low sanitary risk, where as for the presence of E.coli in processed food the overall cargo vessel food samples contained no E.coli bacteria. Efforts that can be done by keeping the ship clean by crews and sanitation inspection by officer of Port Health Office Class I Surabaya.