Trade Minister Mandates Food and Cosmetic Jastip Actors to Have BPOM Distribution Permits

"Mendag Obliges Food and Cosmetic Jastip Actors to Have BPOM Distribution Permit"

"Dream - Minister of Trade (Mendag), Zulkifli Hasan, requires food and cosmetic delivery service providers (jastip) to obtain a distribution permit from the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM)."

Trade Minister Mandates Food and Cosmetic Jastip Actors to Have BPOM Distribution Permits

The provisions for circulation permits for cosmetics jastip actors aim to protect the community as consumers from possible side effects caused by the use of imported goods.

"For example, if you bring beauty products (cosmetics) and someone's face gets damaged, what would you do? That's why there should be BPOM approval (for its circulation), is it appropriate or not?""

The text "kata Mendag Zulhas dikutip dari Merdeka.com." translates to "words from Minister of Trade Zulhas quoted from Merdeka.com."

The distribution permit is regulated in BPOM Regulation Number 28 of 2023 regarding Amendments to BPOM Regulation Number 27 of 2022 concerning the Supervision of the Entry of Drugs and Food into the Territory of Indonesia.

Mendag Zulhas requested food or cosmetic jastip business actors to comply with government regulations by obtaining BPOM circulation permits. Considering the criminal threats for jastip actors proven to harm consumers.

"There must be (permission to circulate), if not, what? you could go to jail, for example, if you bring a powder service, and someone's face here keeps getting damaged, they can go to jail, and be prosecuted,""
he said.

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"Likewise with food jastip. The regulations for obtaining circulation permits aim to prevent consumer health risks from consuming foreign food products. 'The same goes if I buy food to carry, and someone here gets poisoned, who is responsible?' he asked."

"Previously, the Main Customs and Excise Service Office, Medium Customs Type (KPUBC TMP) C Soekarno-Hatta, Tangerang, Banten. Conducted the destruction of approximately 2,564 boxes of "After You Milk Bun" by burning them using an incinerator machine. Head of the Soekarno-Hatta Customs Office, Gatot Sugeng Wibowo, stated that the thousands of milk bun boxes originated from 33 enforcement actions during February 2024. The food also went viral on social media and has generated considerable interest among the public."

The large number of passengers carrying excessive processed food packages prompted the Soetta Airport Customs to conduct further investigation. They found that thousands of food boxes were intended to be sold in Indonesia.

It is known that passengers bring the food with the pattern of a delivery service or jastip. So it is found that the passengers bring the food with commercial purposes.

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"Mendag Obliges Food and Cosmetic Jastip Actors to Have BPOM Distribution Permit"

"For example, if you bring beauty products (cosmetics) and someone's face gets damaged, what would you do? That's why there should be BPOM approval (for its circulation), is it appropriate or not?""

"There must be (permission to circulate), if not, what? you could go to jail, for example, if you bring a powder service, and someone's face here keeps getting damaged, they can go to jail, and be prosecuted,""he said.

"There must be (permission to circulate), if not, what? you could go to jail, for example, if you bring a powder service, and someone's face here keeps getting damaged, they can go to jail, and be prosecuted,""
he said.