TWO weeks before Eid 2024, the Bandung City Food and Drug Monitoring Center (BBPOM) is intensifying strict supervision of parcel distribution, especially in shopping centers and distributors.
Head of the Bandung City BBPOM Team, Leni Maryati, stated that apart from shopping centers, supervision was also carried out at sales points and parcel distributors. Activities are carried out throughout the month
Ramadan. The team has also discovered dozens of violations at some point.
According to him, there are three technical implementation units in West Java, which is wrong
the only BBPOM in Bandung City. Thus, supervision is carried out not only in Bandung.
“We have monitored 45 food facilities, 12 of which do not meet the provisions, such as without distribution permits or inadequate facilities such as dirty warehouses,” he explained.
Leni added, with the discovery of these violations, BPOM has
gave warnings to 12 distributors to improve quality or not distribute products that are prohibited from circulating, especially
contains dangerous substances and is expired.
“Actually, the trend of violations this month is decreasing, because of the number
our checks went up. The sanction is that we will give you a warning first, so…
done in stages,” he said.
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He revealed that monitoring the scale of distributors is important
done in the month of Ramadan. Because often supervision is weak with
large food stocks.
“Of course, supervision must be carried out in conjunction with the commitment of business actors. Because it is not uncommon for poisoning cases to occur due to negligence of traders, following BBPOM has carried out sampling tests and process tests,” he stressed.
BBPOM Bandung also opens a complaint service if the public finds it
unsuitable food or drug products. By reporting it to
The service number provided is 08119900533.
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