WARTA PENGABDIAN ANDALAS - VOL. 30 NO. 3 (2023), 413-422 Terbit online pada laman web jurnal : http://wartaandalas.lppm.unand.ac.id/ Warta Pengabdian Andalas Jurnal Ilmiah Pengembangan dan Penerapan Ipteks ISSN (Print) 0854-655X ǀ ISSN (Online) 2797-1600 Edukasi Penerapan Higiene dan Sanitasi pada Pelaku Usaha Makanan Fea Firdani*, Diva Khusnul Chotimah, Dwina Aulia Putri, Intan Sahara Kusuma, Muhammad Farhan Mantovani, dan Putri Aulia Azzahra Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat, Universitas Andala, Kampus Limau Manis, Padang, 25163. Indonesia *Corresponding author. E-mail address: feafirdani@ph.unand.ac.id Keywords: education, food handling, hygiene, sanitation ABSTRACT Along with the times, the human need for food served outside the home is increasing. So that individuals or companies provide more and more food products or businesses. Food safety is a significant thing to note. The behaviour of food handlers in processing and serving food has an essential role in protecting the food from contamination that can affect the health of the people who consume processed food products. This community service activity aims to provide education regarding hygiene and sanitation to food business actors. The training was conducted in October - November 2022 at 40 food businesses in Mata Air Village, South Padang District, Padang City. The implementation method started with field observations, which aim to determine the condition of the hygiene implementation of business actors, followed by providing education to business actors using poster media that contains the application of hygiene and sanitation in handling food and providing personal protective equipment for business actors that can be used to support the implementation of food handling hygiene in the place of business. The results of community service activities found that 97.5% of business premises did not meet hygiene and sanitation requirements. This inspection was seen from personal hygiene and sanitation in the place of business. Education on the application of personal hygiene and sanitation to business actors was carried out door to door to every restaurant business place by using posters containing information regarding the application of food handling hygiene and pasted on every food business place in the village to increase the knowledge of food handlers. Educational media and personal protective equipment are expected to increase restaurant business workers' knowledge and compliance in implementing personal hygiene in processing and serving food. Kata Kunci: edukasi, higiene, penanganan makanan, sanitasi ABSTRAK Seiring perkembangan zaman kebutuhan manusia terhadap makanan yang telah disajikan di luar rumah semakin tinggi. Sehingga semakin banyak pula produk atau usaha makanan yang disediakan oleh perorangan atau perusahaan. Keamanan makanan merupakan hal yang sangat penting untuk diperhatikan. Perilaku penjamah makanan dalam mengolah hingga menyajikan makanan memiliki peranan penting dalam melindungi makanan yang akan dikonsumsi dari kontaminasi yang dapat mempengaruhi kesehatan masyarakat yang mengkonsumsi hasil olahan makanan tersebut. Kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini bertujuan untuk memberikan edukasi mengenai penerapan higiene dan sanitasi pada pada pelaku usaha makanan. Kegiatan dilaksanakan pada bulan Oktober–November 2022 pada 40 tempat usaha makanan di Kelurahan Mata Air, Kecamatan Padang Selatan, Kota Padang. Metode pelaksanaan dimulai dari observasi lapangan yang bertujuan untuk mengetahui kondisi penerapan higiene pelaku usaha, dilanjutkan dengan memberikan