Reviving School Food Safety Teams
at Elementary Schools Based on the Quality of Street Foods
Fariani Syahrul
1
, Chatarina Umbul Wahyuni
1
, Hari Basuki Notobroto
1
and Eddy Bagus Wasito
2
1
Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Airlangga, Mulyorejo, Surabaya, Indonesia
2
Medical Faculty, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
Keywords: Children, E.coli, School food, Food safety.
Abstract: The snacking habit of street food among school children has become a general habit in all socio-economic
levels in society. Street foods are expected to contribute energy and other useful nutrients for growing
school children (Manalu, 2016). The objective of this study was 1) to assess the quality of street foods in
Elementary School with the indicator of Escherichia coli bacteria and 2) to recommend revitalising the
school food safety team. The type of research was an observation that is descriptive with a cross-sectional
design. The location was chosen based on the highest prevalence rate of diarrhoea in Surabaya. The research
sample consisted of 109 street foods (including beverages) in 4 Elementary Schools. The results showed
there were 42 (38.5%) food and beverages contaminated with potentially pathogenic E.coli bacteria and 4
(3.7%) food and beverages contaminated with pathogenic E.coli bacteria. It is expected to establish or
revive the School Food Safety Team (TKP) to ensure that the food and drinks sold in the canteen and
around the school are safe and healthy to consume.
1 INTRODUCTION
School children are the next generation and strategic
assets for development. Thus they are expected to be
healthy, intelligent and productive. The quality of
children as the next generation is determined by two
factors, namely education and health (Syahrul,
2017
a
).
The snacking habit of street foods among school
children has become a general habit in all levels of
society. This snacking habit is very popular among
school children and very difficult to eliminate
because the students need a food intake while at
school. Snack on elementary school children
contributes 25% of daily energy with the morning
snacking period contributes the least energy. The
foods most commonly consumed are water, snacks
and sweets (Dantong, Wang, et al., 2016). In
Indonesia, streets food can contribute 10-20%
nutrients toward student daily consumption. Street
food devide into main dishes, snacks and beverages
(Syafitri, Y., et al. 2009). Street foods generally do
not fulfil health standards and have more risks to do
with containing chemical or biological substances
(February, 2010). On the other hand, street foods are
also beneficial for children’s nutrition if they choose
healthy and proper food.
The objective of this study was 1) to assess the
quality of street food at Elementary Schools with an
indicator for Escherichia coli bacteria and 2) to
recommend reviving the school food safety team.
2 METHOD
The type of research was observational and
descriptive with a cross-sectional design. The
location was chosen based on the highest prevalence
rate of diarrhoea in Surabaya. The research sample
consisted of 109 street foods (including beverages)
in 4 Elementary Schools. Each type of food was
sampled up to 100 g and beverages up to 100 ml.
The data was analysed descriptively to describe the
study variables. The school criteria was that it had a
canteen. The definition of a canteen is a place where
food is provided in an elementary school where all
of the kids go to eat.
Syahrul, F., Wahyuni, C., Notobroto, H. and Wasito, E.
Reviving School Food Safety Teams at Elementary Schools Based on the Quality of Street Foods.
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3 RESULT AND DISCUSSION
3.1 Location of Street Food
The types of street food purchased at school were
main meals, snacks, beverages and fruits. Most of
the children buy snacks and beverages. The various
types of street foods are growing rapidly in
Indonesia (Winarno, 2004). Street foods are both
diverse and nutritious in order to improve the
nutritional quality of the food consumed. The
location of the street food being sourced was the
school’s canteens, stalls in the schools, stalls outside
of the schools and food vendors.
3.2 Quality of Street Food
Details of the number of food and beverages number
are: 28 samples from SD Negeri Kupang Krajan I,
31 samples from SD Negeri Petemon X, 24 samples
from SD Negeri Sidotopo VIII and 26 samples from
SD Negeri Sidotopo I.
The food and beverage samples were examined
at the Nutritional Laboratory Faculty of Public
Health, Airlangga. From the laboratory test results,
there were 42 (38.5%) items of food and beverage
contaminated with potential pathogenic E.coli
bacteria and 4 (3.7%) items of food and beverage
contaminated with pathogenic E.coli bacteria. The
complete results can be seen in Table 1.
Table 1: The Laboratory Test Results
Type of Food and
Beverages
Potential
Pathogenic E.
coli
Pathogenic
E. coli
School canteen :
- candied mango
- fried tempe
+
+
-
-
Stalls in school :
- ice tea
- ice red syrup
- ice wawan pink
- ice marimas
- intestines satay
- noodle
- omelet rolls
- green beans ice
- coconut milk ice
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Street vendors :
- fried banana
- meatball and sauce
- ice cao
+
+
+
-
-
-
Type of Food and
Beverages
Potential
Pathogenic E.
coli
Pathogenic
E. coli
Stalls outside school:
- pop ice
- coconut ice
- ice “kopyor”
- soy milk
- Ice cao
- ice manado
- ice saridele
- ice marimas
- glasses noodles
- ice tea
- ice jelly
- ice milk
- fried meatball and
tofu
- shrimp sauce
- peanuts sauce
- cireng sauce
- ice syrup
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
+
-
-
-
-
-
+
-
Note: (+): positive E. coli and (-): negative E. coli
3.3 Food Safety Team at Primary
School
Elementary school age (about 6-12 years old) is the
age where child really love to play and buy snacks at
the school and in the area around the school.
Therefore, there are many health problems that
could infect elementary school-aged children
(Syahrul, 2017
b
). A health problem that often occurs
is food-borne diseases. Food-borne disease is a
disease caused by consuming food and/or drink that
is contaminated due to a variety of microorganisms
or microbial pathogens (Cary and Deepak, 2000).
By considering the condition of the snacks that
are often purchased by children, including the high-
risk conditions, it is advisable for parents to set an
example by choosing healthy and safe snacks when
going out with the children and when bringing gifts
after work. Teachers also need to educate children
about safe and healthy snacks.
The problem of school children encountering
street food sellers in terms of personal hygiene, how
to manage health, the manner of presentation,
storage, the quality of the food and the habits of the
child are still not good. Policies related to
management and supervision in schools has been
carried out from the centre of government (National
Food and Drug Board, Ministry of Health, 2016). It
is expected to establish or revitalise the School Food
Safety Team (TKP) to ensure that the food and drink
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sold in the canteen and around the school are safe
and healthy to consume.
The role of the School Food Safety Team is to 1)
do data collection from the food vendors and to
sample the available kinds of food and beverage; 2)
socialise food security for the school community;
and 3) monitor the implementation of good food
handling, processing and serving in the school
canteen, include in the outer area around the school
(National Food and Drug Board, Ministry of Health,
2013).
4 CONCLUSIONS
The results of laboratory tests indicate that many
food and beverages of school children contaminated
with E. coli bacteria. So it’s a suggestion for school,
it is expected for them to establish or revive the
School Food Safety Team (TKP) to ensure that the
food and drink sold in the canteen and around the
school are safe and healthy to consume.
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