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5. Pest Control
A food plant’s records of pest control are examined as part of an audit. A food company should not attempt to perform its own pest control but rather
should rely on a dependable outside firm. Still, it is important for the
sanitation manager or someone in QA to be trained in the area of pest control
2.2.4 Good Food Production Practice for Home Industry
The Indonesian National Agency of Drug and Food Control 2003 defines good food production practice is the guidelines and procedures that ensure the
quality and safety of food production so that it is suitable for consumption. In a jamu gendong industry, the implementation of Good Food Production Practice is
needed to improve quality and safety. It is necessary to prevent possible biological, chemical, and other objects that may harm human health. Most jamu
gendong are made traditionaly using simple equipment, thus is related to the process control and sanitation levels in the processing that has not been properly
supervised and controled, resulting in poor microbiological quality and safety.
Good Food Production Practice is one of the prerequisites to produce a high quality and safe food consistently. And also very useful for the survival of
the food industry for either small, medium or large scale. Through implementing this guideline, the industry can produce a good quality product, suitable for
consumption and safe, thus, building consumer trust and the industry will grow rapidly, and consumer will be protected from health-threatening hazards.
Measures that are generally regulated in good food production practice in guidelines and procedures are:
1. Production Environment
To establish a home industry, environmental conditions that may be a source of potential contamination and their preventive measures should be
considered. Home industry should be in place where: 1. Free of pollution, shrubs and puddles
2. Free from pests, especially insects and rodents 3. Not in the vicinity of both solid waste landfills or liquid waste or used
goods accumulation area and other dirty areas.
Home industry should not be in slum settlements. Environment should always be maintained in a clean condition by means:
1.Waste should be disposed of and does not accumulate and should always be closed
2. Roads has to be maintained free of litter so that the sewers function properly
2. Buildings and Facilities
Home industry buildings and facilities should assure the quality and safety of the product during production uncontaminated by physical, biological,
chemical and can easily be cleaned and sanitized. This area covers:
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