Food Quality and Safety Testing Laboratory

Food Quality and Safety Testing Laboratory

Profile 

Food Quality and Safety Testing Laboratory is a unit under the Department of Food Science and Biotechnology. It is a laboratory that provides testing services for food products and agricultural products for research purposes as well as for the general public and industry, including physical, chemical, and microbiological analysis. This laboratory also provides consulting services to the public and industry related to problems in the production process or the quality of food products.

Vision

1. To become an independent and reliable laboratory in service and quality testing and
2. Food safety and agricultural products

Mission

1. Become a means of service to students, the academic community and the community in testing quality, food safety and agricultural products
2. Provide in the fields of nutrition, chemical, physical and microbiological materials and agricultural products Destination
3. Providing food and agricultural product analysis services that can support research and community service activities from the academic community
4. Providing training services for the development of food products and products agriculture
5. Cooperating with various parties in developing the quality and safety of food products and agricultural products

Sample Testing Service

Sample testing service at the Food Quality and Safety Testing Laboratory of FTP UB is regulated in the Rector’s Regulation no. 35 of 2021 concerning Tariffs for Public Services, where the Rector’s Regulation is a renewal of the previous Rector’s Regulation, namely UB Rector’s Regulation No. 42 of 2015 concerning Tariffs for Quality Testing Laboratory Services for THP Department at FTP.

As for sample testing services at the Food Quality and Safety Testing Laboratory
FTP UB include:

• Physical analysis
  includes analysis of viscosity, color, texture, fracture strength, elasticity, and total dissolved solids.
• Chemical analysis
  includes analysis of Proximate, Starch, Crude Fiber, Total Sugar, Reducing Sugar, Vitamin C, Total Acid, Anthocyanin, Antioxidant IC50, Amylose, Acid Number, Peroxide Number, FFA, Mineral Content (Ca, K, Na, and Li), total carotenoids, salt, pH, and water activity (Aw)
• Microbiological analysis
  includes analysis of total plate count (TPC), total lactic acid bacteria (LAB), E. Coli, Salmonella, S. Aureus, and Coliform.

Consulting Service

Consulting services provided to overcome problems that occur in the production process or quality of food and agricultural products for household scale businesses, small and medium enterprises, and large industries.

LIST OF LAB ANALYSIS PARAMETERS. FOOD QUALITY and SAFETY TESTING
DEPT. FOOD SCIENCE and BIOTECHNOLOGY
As of 2022

1. Physical analysis
   
2. Chemical analysis
   
3. Microbiological analysis
   

LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES