"There are distributors with addresses that do not match in SIMIRAH. Therefore, we conduct surveillance. This is part of the evaluation for which we can only obtain data by conducting sudden inspections," Kartasasmita remarked on Thursday.
The minister along with the Food Task Force from the Criminal Investigation Agency of National Police (Bareskrim) visited one of the addresses for distributor 1 (D1) of bulk cooking oil listed on SIMIRAH in East Jakarta, but the D1 was not found at the address.
Kartasasmita then requested producers from D1 to correct the data submitted through SIMIRAH.
"At one of the distributors that we visited, there was an error in the data input. If the address is wrong, then there might be errors in other fields. That is why we are monitoring it," he affirmed.
The minister continued his inspection of PT Bina Karya Prima (BKP), the cooking oil producer in Tanjung Priok.
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During the visit, the minister found that BKP had produced and distributed bulk cooking oil as much as 50 percent of the target.
"However, today, they have not produced subsidized bulk cooking oil. Later, our team will ask why they have not started producing until 13:00," he noted.
From the results of inspection, Kartasasmita also plans to prepare a circular letter to bulk cooking oil producers to appoint one individual as the person in charge of the subsidized bulk cooking oil program that will later be in touch with the Ministry of Industry.
Kartasasmita also appealed to producers to be more accurate in inputting data on SIMIRAH, so that the data can be properly documented.
"We will also install a QR Code to detect where the cooking oil is distributed. We are all trying to make this program run well," he concluded.
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Translator: Sella Panduarsa G, Resinta S
Editor: Rahmad Nasution
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