“…The research results succeeded in identifying 221 samples containing borax, 304 samples containing rhodamine B, and 115 samples containing formaldehyde. Several research results in Indonesia, including in Semarang, found that borax and formaldehyde were found in various types of food (Anjani et al, 2019), including various student snacks (Utami & Santi, 2018;Muharrami, 2013;Berliana et al, 2021), also detected in meatballs and wet noodles (Nurlailia et al, 2021;Nurkhamidah, 2017;Muthi'ah & Qurrota, 2021;Erliyanti et al, 2021), salted fish, tofu, andsausages (Habibah, 2013;Nurkhamidah, 2017;Maifita & Handayani, 2020). The use of formaldehyde in fish and marine products in Indonesia is known to have reached 66% of the total 786 samples studied (Lathifah et al, 2019).…”