Perbandingan Kadar Timbal antara Gorengan pada Gerobak Tertutup dan Terbuka di Kawasan Pasar Tradisional Panorama Kota Bengkulu

Fried food is a type of food that is very popular among Indonesian people and is very easy to find on the side of the road so it is vulnerable to contamination by lead metal. The use of a cover is thought to reduce the levels of lead metal contamination in fried foods. This research aims to analyze the comparison of lead betwen fried foods served in covered and noncovered at the traditional market Panorama Bengkulu City. All samples were obtained from the area of Panorama Bengkulu City which is located on the side of the road. This area includes a shopping center with heavy vehicle traffic. Testing for lead levels was carried out using the wet destruction spectrophotometry method at the Chemistry Learning Laboratory, FKIP, Bengkulu University. The research results showed that all fried food samples tested positive for lead. Lead levels in open fried foods were significantly higher than in closed fried foods (f1,8=29.15, p<0.001). The average value of lead in open fried foods is 2,486 ppm, while in closed fried foods it is 1,166 ppm. The highest lead level for open fried foods was 2.91 ppm, while for closed fried foods it was 1.78 ppm. The lowest lead level for open fried foods was 2.15 ppm, while for closed fried foods it was 0.60 ppm. The lead values in all open fried food samples did not meet the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency's (BPOM) quality standards of 2 ppm, while the lead values in all closed fried foods met the quality standards for lead in food according to BPOM standards.