Penggaron Lor is one of the villages in the district of Genuk, Semarang, Central Java Indonesia. The
population of the Penggaron Lor Village is 4,097 people. Toddlers and children took second place and the third most
populous age group after adults (20-49 years). The population is spread across 25 4 RT and RW, where each block has a
group of mothers in households that are members of the Development of Family Welfare (PKK) [7]. The PKK is a
community organization whose members Mothers household. As partners (direct) government in empowering and
improving the welfare of society through the family, the PKK claimed to be active in various areas of life covered by
the 10 main programs, one of which is food (three programs).
The problem in Penggaron Lor Village, Genuk Semarang are the lack of knowledge and skills, especially
mothers about healthy snacks and food colorant, so it requires to observed the the correlation between knowledge and
attitude on food colorant uses. Training programs are important for improving the knowledge of mothers as food
handlers; however, more knowledge of food safety practices does not always lead to positive changes in food handling
behaviors [8]. These study reinforce the importance of conducting a preliminary assessment of training needs and
evaluating the effectiveness of training and indicate that the continuous education is needed to assure constantly a food
colorant uses for mothers.