KARAKTERISTIK FISIK, KIMIAWI DAN MIKROBIOLOGIS
KARKAS AYAM TERINDIKASI DARI AYAM TIREN

ABUBAKAR

Balai Besar Litbang Pascapanen Pertanian, Bogor
E-mail: abu.028@gmail.com

ABSTRAK

Peningkatan jumlah penduduk Indonesia yang signifikan, taraf hidup masyarakat yang meningkat dan tingkat pendidikan yang memadai, telah berdampak pula akan permintaan daging ayam yang cukup tinggi dalam rangka pemenuhan gizi masyarakat, karena daging ayam bergizi tinggi, harganya relatif terjangkau, disukai semua lapisan masyarakat, dan mudah pengolahannya. Tingginya permintaan akan daging ayam tersebut, telah disalah gunakan oleh sebagian pedagang daging ayam dalam meraih keuntungan dengan melakukan pemalsuan, antara lain karkas ayam disuntik air, perendaman karkas dalam formalin dan ada indikasi daging / karkas ayam yang berasal dari pemotongan ayam tiren (mati kemarin). Penelitian awal untuk mengetahui karakteristik fisik, kimiawi dan mikrobiologis karkas ayam terindikasi dari ayam tiren telah dilakukan dengan membandingkan penampilan karkas ayam berasal dari ayam sehat yang dipotong secara normal dengan karkas ayam berasal dari ayam tiren. Karakteristik karkas dari ayam tiren antara lain: penampilan karkas memar, daging kuning-merah gelap dan terdapat cairan warna gelap, hati coklat-hitam, banyak pembekuan darah pada usus, bau abnormal, konsistensi lemah, banyak kerusakan pada kulit dan daging, uji Postma dan Pb-Asetat positif, pH 5-7 dan jumlah bakteri 102x108 - 114x108. Konsumen hendaknya memperhatikan ciri khas tersebut apabila ingin mendapatkan karkas yang bermutu, aman dan halal dan sebaiknya membeli karkas ayam ditempat yang sudah diketahui dan terjamin kehalalan, kualitas dan kebersihannya.


Kata kunci : Ayam tiren, karakteristik karkas

PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND MICROBIOLOGYCAL CHARACTERISTIC
OF CHICKEN CARCASS INDICATED AS TIREN CHICKEN

ABSTRACT

Increasing in the amount of Indonesia resident which is significant, level live society which mounting and adequate education storey level, have also affected in requesting of chicken flesh which will be high enough in order to accomplish of society nutrient value, because high nutritious chicken flesh, its relative-reached price, be taken a fancy to all society coat, and easy to its processing. But the heigh request of those chicken flesh, have been wrong used by some of chicken flesh merchant in reaching advantage by conducting forgery, for example are flesh of chicken injected by water, carcass soaked in formalin and there is flesh indication / carcass of chicken coming from slaughter of tiren chicken. Research early to know physical characteristic, chemical and carcass microbiological of indicated as chicken from tiren chicken have been conducted by comparing carcass appearance of chicken come from healthy chicken compared to carcass chicken come from tiren chicken. Carcass characteristics from tiren chicken are contusion: carcass appearance, yellow-dark red flesh and there are dark colour dilution, chocolate-black liver, many coagulation of blood at intestine, abnormal odor, weak consistency, many damage at flesh and husk, positive test Postma and Pb-Asetat, pH 5-7 and amount of bacterium 1,02x1010 – 1,14x1010. Consumer shall pay attention to those criteria if wishing to get certified carcass, halal and safety and better to buy carcass of chicken in the place which have been known of its halal well guaranted, quality and good hygiene


Keywords : Tiren chicken, carcass characteristic