This training activity is a continuation of the “Socialization of Increasing the Quality and Quantity of Processed Food Products with Natural Dyes in Malangrejo Padukuhan” which was held on Saturday, March 11, 2023. This activity aims to increase the understanding of the Malangrejo community regarding the steps and requirements for obtaining an SLHS and SPP-IRT registration number for the product they own. In addition, the community was also given several recipes for diversifying food using natural dyes and vegetable plants from their yards. It is hoped that the diversification of food products by the people of Malangrejo can improve the quality and quantity of MSME products, so as to improve the people’s economy.
The training activity began with an opening, remarks from the Head of Activities, Wedomartani Village Head, Dukuh Malangrejo representing the partners, and KWT members. After the welcoming session, the activity continued with the presentation of training material and discussion by Mr. Gunanto, S.KM, M.Sc., as the Sub Coordinator of the Pharmacy and Health Food and Beverage Substance Group, Sleman Health Office with the topic “Technical Provision of SLHS and PIRT Permit Management for MSMEs”. This material contains, among others, several routes for registration of MSME products to obtain SPP-IRT or SLHS numbers, requirements that need to be prepared, as well as types of MSME processed products that can be registered according to their respective class codes. The discussion at the presentation went in two directions, several KWT members actively asked about the registration of their processed products. Furthermore, there was also a presentation of material and discussion by Ms. Lisna Hidayati, S.Sc., M.Biotech., as a Lecturer from the Biochemistry Laboratory, Faculty of Biology UGM with the topic “Diversification of Types of Food and Beverages with Natural Dyes”.
At the beginning of the activity and also at the end of the activity, a pretest and also a posttest were carried out to test the understanding of the community, especially KWT members, regarding the training that had been carried out that afternoon. From the results of the pretest and posttest, it was found that there was an increase (14%) in the community’s understanding of the debriefing material delivered by the resource persons. The training activity event was closed with a group photo of the participants involved in the training activity.