Indonesian Food and Drug Administration announces food safety regulatory results ahead of Christmas and New Year's Day

Food Partner Network News According to the Indonesian Food and Drug Administration website on December 26, 2022, Indonesia announced the results
of special routine supervision of food safety before Christmas 2022 and New Year's Day 2023.


The Indonesian Food and Drug Administration (BPOM) carried out food safety supervision activities on Indonesian food production and distribution facilities from December 1, 2022 to January 4, 2023, in which festive high-demand food types such as beverages, cakes, and chocolate became the focus
of this routine regulatory inspection.


The BPOM's special food safety regulatory targets in 2022 focus on the shelf life, circulation license and food spoilage of processed foods, mainly involving importers, distributors, e-commerce (warehouses), food retailers, etc
.
Especially considering the trend of online shopping of food, this year's regulatory supervision has added supervision of e-commerce warehouses
.


BPOM official Penny K.
Lukito said that during the special routine surveillance before Christmas 2022 and New Year's Day 2023, the scope of inspection sites expanded by 22.
1%
compared to the previous year.
As of December 21, 2022, BPOM has inspected a total of 2,412 processed food distribution establishments, including 1,929 retail establishments and 437 distribution warehouses, of which 16 are e-commerce warehouses and 46 importer warehouses
.
POM seized 66,113 non-compliant foods, including 36,978 expired foods (accounting for 55.
93%), 23,752 unregistered foods (accounting for 35.
93%) and 5,383 spoiled foods (accounting for 8.
14%)
.


As regulation diversifies in 2022, the total amount of non-compliant food also increases
.
Penny K.
Lukito said that on Christmas 2022 and New Year's Eve 2023, the most non-compliant imported foods were instant noodles, cakes, sweet cream and instant seasonings
.
In remote areas of Indonesia, more expired food products were seized, including coffee powder drinks, condiments and seasonings, instant noodles, flavored solid drinks, and ready-to-eat seasonings
.
The spoiled food seized were mainly chili paste, sweetened condensed milk, sterilized milk, instant noodles and milk-containing beverages
.