One indicator of the processed food control system is the processed food control index. However, the supervision index only includes elements of supervision activities, laboratories, and communication, information and education (KIE). This only includes several other elements contained in the guidelines for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding the 2019 Food Control System Assessment Tool. Therefore, developing policies for assessing the processed food control system in Indonesia is necessary. Based on this background, Sandra Barinda raised the dissertation title “Development of a Processed Food Control Index in Indonesia”, defended at an open session for her doctoral promotion, held online Monday, July 11, 2022.
The research conducted by Sandra used a cross-sectional design with a mixed method approach, namely a combination of qualitative and quantitative research. The research phase begins with compiling and sharpening indicators through expert panel interviews using the Delbecq-Nominal Group Technique (NGT) method. In addition, a leadership relationship test was also carried out with the processed food control index. Sandra’s research results show that currently, there are 40 indicators consisting of indicators of regional food safety regulations, data processing tools, availability of personnel, and 8 other indicators. It was also concluded that the national average provincial food control index was 55.64, with the province of South Sumatra as the highest and West Sulawesi as the lowest. This study stated that there was no correlation between leadership and the processed food control index. A more specific assessment is needed to measure the leadership of the heads of the processed food supervisory unit in each province.
Sandra’s research successfully drafted indicators for the processed food control index model at the district/city level, which can still be explored further by sharpening the indicators in the processed food control index model. In addition, several indicators are not fully documented, such as indicators for grading regional food safety regulatory and institutional frameworks, the percentage of facilitators/cadres participating in food safety supervision, the number of schools with safe school children’s snacks (PJAS), the number of safe food villages, and indicators of ready-to-eat food. If there is data related to these indicators, it should be used to get better research results.
At the open Doctoral Promotion in Public Health Sciences session led by Prof. dr. Anhari Achadi, S.K.M., Sc.D., who also served as the head of the testing team, Sandra Barinda successfully declared a Doctor of Public Health Science. Sandra is the 10th graduate of the 2022 Masters in Public Health Sciences, the 264th graduate of the Public Health Sciences Doctoral Program, and the 340th graduate of the FPH Doctoral Program.
Sandra’s doctoral promotion open session was also attended by Dr. dr. Dumilah Ayuningtyas, MARS., as a promoter, Prof. Dr. dr. Ratu Ayu Dewi Sartika, Apt., M.Sc., and Prof. Dr. dr. Sabarinah Prasetyo, M.Sc., as co-promoter, and Prastuti Soewondo, S.E., M.P.H., Ph.D.; Prof. Dr. Ir. Dedi Fardiaz, M.Sc.; Dr. Ir. Roy Alexander Sparingga, M.App.Sc .; Dr. Ir. Antonius Tarigan, M.Si., and Dr. Drs. Nana Mulyana, M.Kes., as the test team. (WR)