Hygiene Conditions for Food Handlers, Tenant Sanitation with the Presence of E. Coli in Food Court Snacks in Makassar City

Unhygienic food management or with poor food sanitation can cause the food to be contaminated by pathogenic microorganisms, such as Escherichia coli. These bacteria can cause various very detrimental diseases, such as digestive disorders. This study is a quantitative analytic study using a cross-sectional design. The population in this study were all tenants in the Tpandang village as many as 64 tenants. The research sample consisted of 9 food/beverage samples. Inclusion criteria in determining the sample are hawker traders who are in the research location, are hawker traders who are in the Food Court area and are willing to be respondents (samples are taken). The results showed that food handler hygiene was not related to the presence of E. Coli in Food Court snacks in Pandang Village, Makassar City (p = 0.284> 0.005) as well as Tenant Sanitation was not related to the presence of E. Coli in Food Court snacks in Pandang Village, Makassar City. (p=0.074>0.05)