Kamis, 25 Oktober 2007

TAUKAH ANDA TENTANG FORMALIN????

Apakah fomalin itu ?
Formalin adalah larutan yang tidak berwarna dan baunya sangat menusuk. Di dalam formalin terkandung sekitar 37% formaldehid dalam air. Biasanya ditambahkan metanol hingga 15% sebagai pengawet.
Formalin dikenal luas sebgai bahan pembunuh hama ( desinfektan ) dan banyak digunakan dalam industri.
Sejauh ini, pemanfaatannya tidak dilarang namun setiap pekerja yang terlibat dalam pengangkutan dan pengolahan bahan ini harus ekstra hati-hati mengingat risiko yang berkaitan dengan bahan ini cukup besar.

Nama lain formalin
Formalin biasanya diperdagangkan di pasaran dengan nama berbeda-beda antara lain:

Formol
Morbicid
Methanal
Formic aldehyde
Methyl oxide
Oxymethylene
Methylene aldehyde
Oxomethane
Formoform
Formalith
Karsan
Methylene glycol
Paraforin
Polyoxymethylene glycols
Superlysoform
Tetraoxymethylene
Trioxane
Penggunaan formalin
Pembunuh kuman sehingga dimanfaatkan untuk pembersih : lantai, kapal, gudang, dan pakaian.
Pembasmi lalat dan berbagai serangga lain.
Bahan pada pembuatan sutra buatan, zat pewarna, cermin kaca, dan bahanpeledak.
Dalam dunia fotografi biasanya digunakan untuk pengeras lapisan gelatin dan kertas.
Bahan pembuatan pupuk dalam bentuk urea.
Bahan untuk pembuatan produk parfum.
Bahan pengawet produk kosmetika dan pengeras kuku.
Pencegah korosi untuk sumur minyak.
Bahan untuk insulasi busa.
Bahan perekat untuk produk kayu lapis (plywood).
Cairan pembalsam ( pengawet mayat ).
Dalam konsentrasi yang sangat kecil ( < 1% ) digunakan sebagai pengawet untuk berbagai barang konsumen seperti pembersih rumah tangga, cairan pemcuci piring, pelembut, perawat sepatu, sampo mobil, lilin dan pembersih karpet.
Penggunaan formalin yang salah
Penggunaan formalin yang salah adalah hal yang sangat disesalkan. Melalui sejumlah survey dan pemeriksaan laboratorium,ditemukan sejumlah produk pangan yang menggunakan formalin sebagai pengawet.
Praktek yang salah seperti ini dilakukan produsen atau pengelola pangan yang tidak bertanggung jawab. Beberapa contoh produk yang sering mengandung formalin misalnya ikan segar, ayam potong, mie basah dan tahu yang beredar di pasaran. Yang perlu diingat, tidak semua produk pangan mengandung formalin.

Ciri-ciri produk pangan yang mengandung formalin
Seperti telah dipaparkan di muka, bahwa terdapat sejumlah produk yang secara sengaja ditambahkan formalin sebagai pengawet. Untuk memastikan apakah sebuah produk pangan mengandung formalin atau tidak memang dibutuhkan uji laboratorium. Kita sebaiknya berhati-hati bila menjumpai produk pangan yang mempunyai ciri sebagai berikut:
Tahu yang bentuknya sangat bagus, kenyal, tidak mudah hancur, awet beberapa hari dan tidak mudah busuk.
Mie basah yang awet beberapa hari dan tidak mudah basi dibandingkan dengan yang tidak mengandung formalin.
Ayam potong yang berwarna putih bersih, awet dan tidak mudah busuk.
Ikan basah yang warnanya putih bersih, kenyal, insangnya berwarna merah tua bukan merah segar, awet sampai beberapa hari dan tidak mudah busuk.
Bahaya Formalin
Dampak formalin pada kesehatan manusia, dapat bersifat
Akut : efek pada kesehatan manusia langsung terlihat : sepert iritasi, alergi, kemerahan, mata berair, mual, muntah, rasa terbakar, sakit perut dan pusing
Kronik : efek pada kesehatan manusia terlihat setelah terkena dalam jangka waktu yang lama dan berulang : iritasi kemungkin parah, mata berair, gangguan pada pencernaan, hati, ginjal, pankreas, system saraf pusat, menstruasi dan pada hewan percobaan dapat menyebabkan kanker sedangkan pada manusia diduga bersifat karsinogen (menyebabkan kanker). Mengkonsumsi bahan makanan yang mengandung formalin, efek sampingnya terlihat setelah jangka panjang, karena terjadi akumulasi formalin dalam tubuh.
Pertolongan pertama bila terjadi keracunan akut
Pertolongan tergantung konsentrasi cairan dan gejala yang dialami korban.Sebelum ke rumah sakit : berikan arang aktif ( norit ) bila tersedia. Jangan melakukan rangsang muntah pada korban karena akan menimbulkan risiko trauma korosif pada saluran cerna atas.Di rumah sakit : lakukan bilas lambung ( gastric lavage ), berikan arang aktif (walaupun pemberian arang aktif akan mengganggu penglihatan bila nantinya dilakukan tindakan endoskopi). Untuk mendiagnosis terjadinya trauma esofagus dan saluran cerna dapat dilakukan tindakan endoskopi. Untuk meningkatkan eliminasi formalin dari tubuh dapat dilakukan hemodyalisis (tindakan cuci darah), indikasi tindakan cuci darah ini bila terjadi keadaan asidosis metabolik berat pada korban.



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Jumat, 21 September 2007

Prohibited Hazardous Substances for Food

Hazardous substances are chemical substance in single or mixed form which can endanger healthy and environment directly or indirectly are poisonous, carcinogenic, teratogenic, mutagenic, corrosive, and irritation (Minister of Health Regulation Number: 472/Menkes/Per/V/1996 regarding Hazardous Substances Security to Healthcare). In fact, chemical substances are essential in improvement of human prosperity and its use in many sectors, for example industry, agriculture, mining and etc. In short, with existence of many tracks made from chemical substance, so it has come to part of indivisible from everyday life. But matter which need taking notice us is the existence of tendency of wrong usage a number of hazardous chemical substances in food. Hazardous chemical substances which often misused in food for example are borax, formalin, Rhodamin B, and turn yellow methanyl. The fourth chemicals are prohibited to be used in the food as according to the law regulation which to be in force.Hereunder are a number of target of allotment from the compound:
· Borax used to solder metal; making of enamel and glass; anti wood mushroom; crouch exterminator; antiseptic; drug for the skin of in the form of balm; cleanser mixture.
Formalin used for the exterminator of germ so that it is used many as floor cleaner, ship, clothes and warehouse; fly exterminator and various other insect; materials for the making of silk artificial, colorant, explosive and glass, in the world of photography is usually used for the ossifying of gelatin coat and paper; materials for the preservative of dead body; materials for slow- release fertilizer, in the form of formaldehyde urea; materials for the making of perfume; cosmetic track preservative and nail ossifying; preventative [of] corrosive for the oil well of; materials for the polythene of spume; agglutinant for the track of plywood, in very small concentration (< 1%) used as preservatives to various consumer track like household cleaner, saucer detergent dilution, softener, shoe shine, car shampoo, carpet cleaner and wax; candle.
Rhodamin B used as colorant for the paper of, textile (silk, wool, cotton), soap, husk and wood; as reagents in laboratory for the examination of antimon, cobalt, niobium, gold, manganese, mercurial, tantalum, tungsten and thallium; for the colorant of biologic.
Yellow methanyl besides used as textile colorant and paint; is also used as indicator reaction of neutralize (acid-base)
Based on Regulation of Minister of Health, Republic of Indonesia Number : 722/ Menkes/ Per/ IX/ 1988 regarding Food Additional Substances, Prohibited Substances which is used on food including borax/ boric acid, salicylic acid and its salt, dietilpirokarbonat, dulsin, potassium chloric, chloramfenikol, brominates vegetation oil, nitrofuranazon, and also formalin. Beside that, Regulation of Minister of Health, Republic of Indonesia Number : 239/ Menkes/ Per/ V/ 1985 regarding Certain Colorant which expressed As Hazardous Substances, involve 30 prohibited colorant which is used for the food as well as Rhodamin B and yellow methanyl. Those restriction related to its impact which harm to health of human beingPotential risk able which is caused by each is fourth of the hazardous substances, as follows :
· Borax poisonous to all cells. If this compound swallowed, it causes negative effect at centre nerve formation, liver and kidney. Kidney is the most damaged organ compared to other organ. Fatal dose for adult range from 15-20 g and for the children of 3-6 g. If it swallowed, can cause overdue symptom involve inconvenient body (malaise), nausea, severe pain at upper stomach (epigastric), hemorrhaged gastroenteritis accompanied spit blood, diarrhea, weak, sleepy, fever, and feel headache.
Formalin (formaldehyde condensation), formaldehyde exposure through digestive track cause corrosive ulcer to mucous membrane of digestive track and also nausea, vomiting, severe pain and stomach perforation. Systemic effect can be depression in centre nerve formation, comma, spastic, albuminaria, red blood cell found in urine (acidosis metabolic and hematuria). Fatal dose of formalin through digestive track have been reported equal to 30 ml. Formaldehyde can exterminate active side of vital proteins in body, hence that molecules will lose its function in metabolism. As a result cell function will stop.
Basically, most of formaldehyde in body system will be metabolized less than 2 minute by dehydrogenate formaldehyde enzyme turn into formic acid then it will be excreted from body through urine and some changed become exile CO2 through breath. un metabolized formaldehyde fraction will bind stable with DNA protein cellular macromolecules in the form of cross-linked. Crossed-linked between formaldehyde with DNA and this protein is expected to be responsible for disorder of genetic information and furthermore consequence like the happening of genetic mutation and cancer cell. If those damaged gene endowed, hence will be born generation with gene handicap. In The Meantime, International Agency Research Cancer on (IARC) classified it as carcinogenic group 1 ( complete evidence as carcinogen at human being), specially at exhalation track
Rhodamin B can heap in fat so that finally its amount will continue to increase. Rhodamin B is much more absorbed at digestive track and show strong protein binding. The damage at mouse liver occurred because of food containing Rhodamin B in high concentrate. Rhodamin B exposure for a long time can cause liver dysfunction and liver cancer.
Yellow methanyl can cause nausea, vomiting, stomach-ache, diarrhoea, fever, inconvenient body and low blood pressure. At long term can cause urinary infection cancer
Though the chemicals have been prohibited its usage in the food of, but its misuse till now it is not impossible. There are various factors pushing many parts to carry out misuse of prohibited chemicals for food. First, it is easy to get it in market. Both, it’s cheap. Third, food containing those substances shows attractive physical appearance. Fourth, it is not cause negative effect at once. Fifth, the hazardous substances information limited relatively, and its pattern usage have been practiced by generations. Because of that, as consumer shall need to be careful selecting food product for example by recognizing food product containing prohibited substances. For example, soybean cake containing formalin have hard form, elastic but it’s not solid, the smell rather is stinging (formalin smell), won’t be smash until 3 day at room temperature ( 25oC) and stay more than 15 day at refrigerator temperature (10o C). Of course other effort can be gone through in the case of difficult to determine food product containing prohibited chemicals. For example, buying something from reputed supermarket or check do such product have enlisted. Beside that, people can look for information about hazardous substances from available various sources for example: electronic media (TV, radio, internet), media print (newspaper, leaflet, booklet, and poster) or direct communications through counselling, seminar and others. Thereby, is slowly expected the existence of behavioural alteration from them who do not know become know and can inspire their awareness so that people want and able to conduct security at least for the environment of its own family. In turn there will be formed a culture signalizing peaceful life behaviour (safety culture) in the middle of society.Government in this case NADFC and its element, NADFC Regional Province Office routinely conduct control and precautions including sampling a number of suspected sample contain hazardous substances, laboratory testing and also conduct action appropriate precautions for example: soybean cake, wet noodles, crisply, briny fish etcetera In order to minimize usage of wrong chemicals in food, NADFC cannot conducting it by it self. There are a number of aspects which are not NADFC’s authority. One of them is trade and distribution arrangement of hazardous substances which represent interest from Ministry of Trade. Recently Ministry of Trade have published Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia Regulation No. 04 / M-Dag / Per/2/2006 regarding Hazardous Substances Distribution and Control, which is amendment with Minister of Trade Regulation No.8/M-Dag/Per/6/2006. This regulation was defined in order to prevent or at least decrease hazardous substances misuse in food by controlling those hazardous substances input through distinct distribution mechanism. In that regulation mentioned that company which may produce hazardous substances in country is a company which have license as Hazardous Substances Producer (HSP) And HSP shall only distribute hazardous substances to Final Consumer of Hazardous Substances (FCHS) or through Hazardous Substances Enlist Distributor (HSED). Hereinafter, hazardous substances may be imported by Hazardous Substances Enlist Importer (HSEI) which directly distribute to FCHS. Hazardous substances Importation also may be conducted by Importer of Hazardous Substances Producer (IHSP) for its own production. HSED may only distribute hazardous substances to FCHS and Hazardous Substances Enlist Retailer (HSER) And HSER may only distribute hazardous substances to FCHS. Letter of Licence of hazardous substances trade for the HSED and HSER is released by Director-General Internal Trade, Ministry of Trade and Governor in the province where HSER reside in. Build and control to IHSP, HSEI, HSED, HSER is conducted by Ministry of Health co-ordinate with related institution. At Minister Regulation above, there are 54 type of arranged hazardous substances (attached) that is prohibited its use in food.

List of Hazardous Substances
No Substances Name CAS Number *) Small Package at Distributor and Retailer
Other Need Outside Food Laboratory / Research
1 Alkannin 23444-65-7 1 kg 25 g
2 Asam Borat 10043-35-3 1 kg 25 g
3 Asam Monokloroasetat 79 - 11 - 8 1 l 25 ml
4 Asam Nordihidroguaiaretat 500-38-9 1 kg 25 g
5 Asam Salisilat 69-72-7 1 kg 2,5 g
6 Auramin 2465-27-2 1 kg 10 g
7 Amaran 915-67-3 1 kg 10 g
8 Besi (III) oksida 1309-37-1 1 kg 10 g
9 Bismut Oksiklorida 7787-59-9 1 kg 25 g
10 Boraks 1303-96-4 5 kg 25 g
11 Coklat FB 12236-46-3 1 kg 25 g
12 Dietil Pirokarbonat 1609-47-8 1 kg 25 g
13 Dulsin 150-69-6 1 kg 5 g
14 Formaldehid larutan 50-00-0 10 l 25 ml
15 Hijau Amasid G 5141-20-8 1 kg 25 g
16 Indantren Biru R 81-77-6 1 kg 10 g
17 Kalkozin Magenta N 569-61-9 1 kg 25 g
18 Kalium Borat 1/2/7758 1 kg 50 g
19 Kalium Klorat 4/9/3811 1 kg 5 g
20 Kobalt Asetat 71-48-7 1 kg 5 g
21 Kobalt Klorid 7646-79-9 1 kg 5 g
22 Kobalt Sulfat 10124-43-3 1 kg 5 g
23 Krisoidin 532-82-1 1 kg 50 g
24 Krisoin S 547-57-9 1 kg 10 g
25 Kumarin 91-64 - 5 1 kg 5 g
26 Kuning Anilin 2706-28-7 1 kg 10 g
27 Kuning Mentega 60-11-7 1 kg 10 g
28 Kuning Metanil 587-98-4 1 kg 25 g
29 Kuning AB 85-84-7 1 kg 10 g
30 Kuning OB 131-79-3 1 kg 10 g
31 Magenta I 632-99-5 1 kg 25 g
32 Magenta II 26261-57-4 1 kg 25 g
33 Magenta III 3248-91-7 1 kg 25 g
34 Merah Sitrus No.2 6358-53-8 1 kg 25 g
35 Minyak Oranye SS 2646-17-5 1 kg 25 g
36 Minyak Oranye XO 3118-97-6 1 kg 25 g
37 Nitrobenzen 98-95-3 1 l 25 ml
38 Nitrofurazon 59-87-0 1 kg 5 g
39 Natrium Salisilat 54-21-7 1 kg 5 g
40 Oranye G 1936-15-8 1 kg 25 g
41 Oranye GGN 523-44-4 1 kg 25 g
42 Orcein 1400-62-0 1 kg 5 g
43 P 400 553 - 79 - 7 1 kg 5 g
44 Paraformaldehid 30525-89-4 1 kg/ 1 fl (100 tab) 5 g
45 Ponceau 3R 9/8/3564 1 kg 5 g
46 Ponceau 6R 5850-44-2 1 kg 5 g
47 Ponceau SX 4548-53-2 1 kg 10 g
48 Rhodamin B 81-88-9 1 kg 1 g
49 Sinamil Antranilat 87-29-6 1 kg 10 g
50 Skarlet GN 3257-28-1 1 kg 10 g
51 Sudan 1 842-07-9 1 kg 25 g
52 Tiourea 62 - 56 - 6 1 kg 25 g
53 Trioksan 110-88-3 1 kg 25 g
54 Violet 6B 1694-09-3 1 kg 10 g